Is it der, die oder das Breitengrad?

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.

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 Breitengrad?

How does the declension of Breitengrad 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] Location of a point on the earth's surface between the equator and one of the poles

[1] Seemannssprachlich werden die Breitengrade der Erde in Nord und Süd aufgeteilt: Greenwich befindet sich auf der Breite 51,4° Nord.

[1] Die koreanische Halbinsel wurde in Nord- und Südkorea aufgeteilt - mit einer Demarkationslinie am 38. Breitengrad.

[1] Die Gefangennahme Wolf Larsens war gerade rechtzeitig erfolgt, denn was in diesen hohen Breitengraden der Spätsommer gewesen sein musste, war plötzlich zu Ende gegangen und regnerisches, stürmisches Wetter hatte eingesetzt.

[1] Das Gebiet, das Deutschland derzeit erkundet, ist 75.000 km² groß, also etwa die Fläche von Bayern. Es liegt zwischen dem 5. und 10. Breitengrad nördlich vom Äquator, oder einfacher: zwischen Hawaii und Mexiko.

[1] „Vor drei Wochen hatte sie auf dem Breitengrad von Tarbox neunzig Prozent betragen.“

[1] „Ihre Position auf dem Breitengrad veranlasste Robert Durand zu der Vermutung, dass sie sich unweit der Mündung des Sestos-Flusses befanden.“