Is it der, die or das Apostel?

DER

Apostel

The correct article in German of Apostel is der. So it is der Apostel! (nominative case)

The word Apostel is masculine, therefore the correct article is der.

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German declension of Apostel?

How does the declension of Apostel work in the nominative, accusative, dative and genitive cases? Here you can find all forms in the singular as well as in the plural:

1	Singular	Plural
Nominative	der Apostel	die Apostel
Genitive	des Apostels	der Apostel
Dative	dem Apostel	den Aposteln
Akkusative	den Apostel	die Apostel

What is the meaning of Apostel in German?

Apostel has various definitions in German:

[1] Christianity: One of the twelve disciples who were personally emitted by Jesus of Nazareth

[1] Christentum: einer der zwölf Jünger, die von Jesus von Nazareth persönlich zur Mission ausgesandt wurden

[2] Christianity: Missionary who made a particularly well deserved manner with a people

[2] Christentum: Missionar, der sich bei einem Volk besonders verdient gemacht hat; Bischof

[3] transferred, mocking: committed representative of a certain teaching

[3] übertragen, spöttisch: engagierter Vertreter einer bestimmten Lehre

How to use Apostel in a sentence?

Example sentences in German using Apostel with translations in English.

[1] „Als es Tag wurde, rief er seine Jünger zu sich und wählte aus ihnen zwölf aus; sie nannte er auch Apostel.“

[1] "When it became day, he called his disciples to himself and chose twelve areas from them they also called apostle" "

[2] „Heute beschäftigen wir uns mit einem großen Missionar des 8. Jahrhunderts, der das Christentum in Mitteleuropa verbreitet hat, gerade auch in meiner Heimat: mit dem heiligen Bonifatius, der als „Apostel der Deutschen" in die Geschichte eingegangen ist.“

[2] Today we deal with a great missionary of the 8th century that has spread Christianity in Central Europe, especially in my home country: with the Holy Bonifatius, who has entered history as the "Apostle of Germans". "

[3] Da schwingt sich jemand zum Apostel auf.

[3] Someone swings to the apostle