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Learn German: die/der/das Gleiche - the same

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/Die Geschichte des kleinen Mannes (Fortsetzung - follow up)
/die/der/das Gleiche

die/der/das Gleiche

Word

die/der/das Gleiche

Meaning

the same

Part of speech

noun

Pronunciation

Course

Lesson

Die Geschichte des kleinen Mannes (Fortsetzung - follow up)

Note

The gender of Gleiche depends on the word it refers to

If we are talking about das (gleiche) Mittagessen, we use das Gleiche

Usages of die/der/das Gleiche

Es ist jeden Tag das Gleiche.

It^{das Mittagessen} is the same every day.

Brot mit Käse, Käse mit Brot, jeden Tag das Gleiche...

Bread with cheese, cheese with bread, every day the same...

Jeden Tag das Gleiche.

Every day the same.

Das Kantinenessen ist immer das Gleiche.

The canteen food is always the same.

Did you notice how Kantine and Essen melted into one noun meaning the food of the canteen?

the same one ^{talking about a man, or a masculine noun}

Ich esse das Gleiche wie gestern.

I eat the same as yesterday. ^{I cooked the same dish again.}

the same one ^{talking about a woman, or a feminine noun}

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