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The article for

Zeitform

die Zeitform

Zeitform is a feminine German noun. Its article is die.

Plural
die Zeitformen
English
tense, time form
Topic
Time

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Why is it die Zeitform?

Zeitform is a compound noun, and German compounds take the article of their last word: die Form. So it’s die Zeitform.

All nouns ending in -form
Sense 1
die

Meaning

[1] Linguistics: form of the verb with which one of the time stages is expressed

[1] Linguistik: Form des Verbs, mit der eine der Zeitstufen ausgedrückt wird

Examples

[1] "In Polish there are only three tenses: past, present and future." [1]

[1] „Im Polnischen gibt es nur drei Zeitformen: Vergangenheit, Gegenwart und Zukunft.“[1]

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ die Zeitform die Zeitformen
Genitiv der Zeitform der Zeitformen
Dativ der Zeitform den Zeitformen
Akkusativ die Zeitform die Zeitformen

Pronunciation

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