Is it der, die oder das Attribut?

DAS

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

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

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 Attribut?

How does the declension of Attribut 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 Attribut	die Attribute
Genitive	des Attributs des Attributes	der Attribute
Dative	dem Attribut dem Attribute	den Attributen
Akkusative	das Attribut	die Attribute

What is the meaning of Attribut in German?

Attribut has various definitions in German:

[1] Linguistics, linguistics: (removable) addition in one sentence member

[1] Linguistik, Sprachwissenschaft: (weglassbare) Beifügung in einem Satzglied

[2] Lifted: characteristics, striking property of something

[2] gehoben: Charakteristik, auffällige Eigenschaft von etwas

How to use Attribut in a sentence?

Example sentences in German using Attribut with translations in English.

[1] Im Beispiel „der kleine Bach“ ist „kleine“ das Attribut zu „Bach“.

[1] In the example "The Little Bach", "Little" is the attribute to "Bach"

[1] „Zur Blockbildung kommt es dann, wenn ein oder mehrere Attribute ein Satzglied ausweiten.“

[1] "It comes to block formation when one or more attributes extend a sentence member"

[1] „Und deshalb ist das Attribut an das Satzglied angehängt, in dem dieses Bezugsnomen steht.“

[1] "And therefore the attribute is attached to the sentence member in which this reference noun stands"

[1] „Die 42 Antwortoptionen bestehen aus Attributen und Substantiven, die oft mit ihren jeweiligen Antonymen auftraten, zur Auswahl aufgelistet und mit passenden Bildern ergänzt wurden.“

[1] "The 42 response options consist of attributes and nouns, which often occurred with their respective antonyms, listed for selection and supplemented with suitable images"

[2] Der Schlüssel ist ein Attribut von Petrus, da er immer wieder in dessen Darstellungen auftaucht.

[2] The key is an attribute of Peter, since it always appears in its representations

[2] „Seine Frau, aus modischen Attributen zusammengesetzt, wovon ihr der Bubikopf noch am natürlichsten stand, auf eine andere Art leicht als Fräulein Rahm, war gutbürgerlicher Herkunft, aber ohne Penetranz.“

[2] "His wife, composed of fashionable attributes, of which the bubicopf was still the most natural, in a different way as a Miss, was a good origin of origin, but without penetrance"

[2] „In der Literatur des Zweiten Weltkriegs wurden die Attribute des Heldenkults früherer Zeiten noch überhöht.“

[2] "In the literature of the Second World War, the attributes of the hero cult of earlier times were still excessive"

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