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Is it der, die oder das Artikel?

DER

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

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

Finding the right gender of a noun

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 Artikel?

How does the declension of Artikel 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 Artikel die Artikel
Genitive des Artikels der Artikel
Dative dem Artikel den Artikeln
Akkusative den Artikel die Artikel

What is the meaning of Artikel in German?

Artikel has various definitions in German:

[1] trade: certain kind of goods

[1] Handel: bestimmte Art von Ware

[2] Journalism: Short, finished text as part of a newspaper, magazine or a book

[2] Journalistik: kurzer, in sich abgeschlossener Text im Rahmen einer Zeitung, Zeitschrift oder eines Buches

[3] Legal: section of a law, manifests and the like

[3] Rechtswesen: Abschnitt eines Gesetzes, Manifests und dergleichen

[4] Grammar: The sex word, a speech

[4] Grammatik: das Geschlechtswort, eine Wortart

How to use Artikel in a sentence?

Example sentences in German using Artikel with translations in English.

[1] Wir haben mehrere tausend Artikel im Sortiment.

[1] We have several thousand articles in the assortment

[2] Die Wikipedia besteht aus Artikeln und Verweisen.

[2] Wikipedia consists of articles and reference

[3] „Durch dieses Gesetz werden die Grundrechte auf informationelle Selbstbestimmung (Artikel 2 Absatz 1 in Verbindung mit Artikel 1 Absatz 1 des Grundgesetzes - GG), körperliche Unversehrtheit und Freiheit der Person (Artikel 2 Absatz 2 GG), Religionsausübungsfreiheit (Artikel 4 Absatz 2 GG), Schutz von Ehe und Familie (Artikel 6 GG), Unverletzlichkeit des Brief-, Post- und Fernmeldegeheimnisses (Artikel 10 GG), Freizügigkeit (Artikel 11 GG), Unverletzlichkeit der Wohnung (Artikel 13 GG) und Eigentum (Artikel 14 GG) eingeschränkt.“[3]

[3] "Through this law, the fundamental rights for informational self-determination (Article 2 (1) in conjunction with Article 1 (1) of the Basic Law), the physical integrity and freedom of the person (Article 2 (2) GG), freedom of religion (Article 4 (4) 2 GG), protection of marriage and family (Article 6 GG), inviolability of letter, postal and telecommunications secrecy (Article 10 GG), free movement (Article 11 GG), inviolability of the apartment (Article 13 GG) and property (Article 14 GG) restricted. "[3]

[3] „Er dachte an seine gesetzgeberische Arbeit, dachte daran, wie eifrig er die einzelnen Artikel der römischen und französischen Gesetzbücher ins Russische übertragen hatte, und er begann sich zu schämen.“[4]

[3] "He thought of his legislative work, thought about how eager he had transferred the individual articles of Roman and French law books to Russian, and he began to be ashamen" [4]

[4] „Der, die, das“ und „ein, eine, ein“ sind die deutschen Artikel.

[4] "The, the, the" and "one, one, a" are the German article.

[4] „Man kann also sagen, daß das s des Genitivs zu schwinden beginnt. Während es bei der Masse der Substantive, vor allem bei Substantiven (ohne Eigennamen) nach dekliniertem Artikelwort und bei Eigennamen ohne Artikel, weiterhin fest ist, wird es bei Eigennamen nach einem Artikel und nach Buchstabenwörtern ziemlich häufig weggelassen.“[5]

[4] "You can therefore say that the S of the genitive begins to flind out at the mass of the nouns, especially with nouns (without proper name) after declined article word and in proper names without articles, it will be at Proper name according to an article and after letter words quite often omitted. "[5]

[4] „Zu den Artikelwörtern gehören zum Beispiel:

[4] "The article words include, for example:

bestimmte Artikel (der, die, das)

Certain articles (the one, the one)

[…]

[...]

Possessivartikel (mein, dein, …)

Possessive article (mine, your, ...)

[…]“[6]

[...] "[6]

How do you pronounce Artikel?

Artikel
Artikel

Pictures or photos of Artikel

[2] Artikel
[2] Artikel

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