Is it der, die oder das Artefakt?

DAS

The correct article in German of Artefakt is das. So it is das Artefakt! (nominative case)

The word Artefakt is neuter, therefore the correct article is das.

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German articles are used similarly to the English articles,a and the. However, they are declined differently (change) according to the number, gender and case of their nouns.

In the German language, the gender and therefore article is fixed for each noun.

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The most difficult part of learning the German language is the articles (der, die, das) or rather the gender of each noun. The gender of each noun in German has no simple rule. In fact, it can even seem illogical. For example das Mädchen, a young girl is neutral while der Junge, a young boy is male.

It is a good idea to learn the correct article for each new word together - even if it means a lot of work. For example learning "der Hund" (the dog) rather than just Hund by itself. Fortunately, there are some rules about gender in German that make things a little easier. It might be even nicer if these rules didn't have exceptions - but you can't have everything! The best way to learn them is with the App - Der-Die-Das Train! (available for iOS and Android)

German nouns belong either to the gender masculine (male, standard gender) with the definite article der, to the feminine (feminine) with the definite article die, or to the neuter (neuter) with the definite article das.

for masculine: points of the compass, weather (Osten, Monsun, Sturm; however it is: das Gewitter), liquor/spirits (Wodka, Wein, Kognak), minerals, rocks (Marmor, Quarz, Granit, Diamant);
for feminine: ships and airplanes (die Deutschland, die Boeing; however it is: der Airbus), cigarette brands (Camel, Marlboro), many tree and plant species (Eiche, Pappel, Kiefer; aber: der Flieder), numbers (Eins, Million; however it is: das Dutzend), most inland rivers (Elbe, Oder, Donau; aber: der Rhein);
for neutrals: cafes, hotels, cinemas (das Mariott, das Cinemaxx), chemical elements (Helium, Arsen; however it is: der Schwefel, masculine elements have the suffix -stoff), letters, notes, languages and colors (das Orange, das A, das Englische), certain brand names for detergents and cleaning products (Ariel, Persil), continents, countries (die artikellosen: (das alte) Europa; however exceptions include: der Libanon, die Schweiz …).

German declension of Artefakt?

How does the declension of Artefakt 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	das Artefakt	die Artefakte
Genitive	des Artefakts des Artefaktes	der Artefakte
Dative	dem Artefakt dem Artefakte	den Artefakten
Akkusative	das Artefakt	die Artefakte

What is the meaning of Artefakt in German?

Artefakt has various definitions in German:

[1] A product or phenomenon caused by human or technical influence, in delimitation to unaffected or natural phenomenon

[1] ein durch menschliche oder technische Einwirkung entstandenes Produkt oder Phänomen, in Abgrenzung zum unbeeinflussten oder natürlichen Phänomen

[2] Medicine, biology: a specialty in a preparation that is due to the main accompanying method and therefore has no too high value scientifically

[2] Medizin, Biologie: eine Besonderheit in einem Präparat, die ursächlich auf die Präparationsmethode zurückzuführen ist und damit wissenschaftlich keinen allzu hohen Wert besitzt

How to use Artefakt in a sentence?

Example sentences in German using Artefakt with translations in English.

[1] Der sogenannte Naturschutz schützt meistens ein Artefakt, nämlich die vom Menschen geschaffene Kulturlandschaft.

[1] The so -called nature conservation usually protects an artifact, namely the cultural landscape created by humans

[1] „Die beschrifteten Artefakte Alteuropas sind mehrheitlich solche, die nicht für den alltäglichen Gebrauch bestimmt sind.“

[1] "The majority of the labeled artifacts of old Europe are those that are not intended for everyday use"

[1] „Darwins Lehre von der natürlichen Zuchtwahl konnte sich mit Artefakten nicht befassen, weil diese per definitionem unnatürlich sind, ergo konnte sie auch die Mutter aller Artefakte nicht einbeziehen: das Wort.“

[1] "Darwin's teaching of the natural choice of breeding could not deal with artifacts because they are unnatural by definition, ergo she could not include the mother of all artifacts: the word" "

[1] „Psychologen argumentierten anschließend, dass solche gedanklichen Artefakte bei Menschen, die sich in extrem dramatischen Ausnahmesituationen befänden, nicht außergewöhnlich seien.“

[1] "Psychologists then argued that such intellectual artifacts in people who were in extremely dramatic exceptional situations did not be exceptional"

[2] Die „Entdeckung“ der Mesosomen und ihre spätere Entlarvung als Artefakt wurde auch in der Wissenschaftsphilosophie diskutiert

[2] The "discovery" of the mesosomes and their later exposure as an artifact was also discussed in science philosophy

How do you pronounce Artefakt?

Artefakt

Artefakt (Österreich)

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