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Topic test · A2

dieser and welcher test

10questions
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Topic test

10 questions, easy to hard

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Mantel gehört dir?

Which coat is yours?

Welcher. der Mantel (coat) is in the Nominativ. der → welcher.

Ich möchte Mantel kaufen.

I’d like to buy this coat.

diesen. kaufen takes the Akkusativ (den Mantel). den → diesen.

Mit Auto fährst du?

Which car are you driving in?

welchem. The preposition mit takes the Dativ (dem Auto). dem → welchem.

Tasche ist neu?

Which bag is new?

Welche. die Tasche is in the Nominativ. die → welche.

— Musik magst du? — Ich mag Rockmusik.

What kind of music do you like?

Was für. The question is about a genre of music, so the was für pattern is used. Musik is uncountable, so it takes no ein: Was für Musik magst du? Was für ein and Welcher do not fit feminine die Musik.

— Kleid soll ich anziehen? — Das rote.

Which dress should I wear? — The red one.

Welches. The question is about choosing from known options, so welcher is used (das Kleid → welches).

Hast du Film gesehen?

Have you seen this film?

diesen. der Film becomes the Akkusativ with the verb sehen (den Film). den → diesen.

Build the sentence: Which car are you buying?

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Welches Auto kaufst du. The question word welcher changes with the gender and case of the noun. Because it is das Auto, it becomes welches.

Was für ein Auto ist das? — Dieses Auto. — this dialogue is correct.

False. A “Was für ein” (what kind of) question is answered with a quality (e.g. ein schnelles Auto). To answer “Dieses”, the question has to be “welches”.

Ich möchte Pullover (der).

I’d like this sweater.

kaufen/möchten take the Akkusativ. der Pullover -> diesen Pullover.
Quick rules

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  1. The der-words change like the article

    dieser, welcher, jeder take the last letters of der/die/das and change with them.

    der Mann → dieser Mann, das Kind → welches Kind

  2. welcher asks which one, was für ein asks what kind

    Use welcher when choosing from known options, and was für ein when asking about a general quality or type.

    Welches Auto? (This one or that one?) / Was für ein Auto? (Sports car or family car?)

Traps

Commonly mixed up

Where a direct translation breaks. The hard questions come from here.

  • Was für ein Auto ist deins? — Dieses Auto.

    Welches Auto ist deins? — Dieses Auto.

    If the answer points at one specific thing (dieses), the question has to be welcher (which).

  • Ich nehme diese Apfel.

    Ich nehme diesen Apfel.

    Apfel is a der-noun. nehmen takes the Akkusativ (den Apfel). That is why it must be diesen.