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Nouns and cases

der Demonstrativartikel

In English: demonstrative article (this, that)

A word in front of a noun that points to a particular person or thing: dieser, diese, dieses (this), and jener (that, formal). It takes the same endings as the definite article.

Example: Dieser Zug fährt nach Bern. Ich nehme diesen Zug.

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der bestimmte Artikel das Demonstrativpronomen

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