Is it der, die oder das Brennpunkt?

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 Brennpunkt?

How does the declension of Brennpunkt 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] Physics: Point where an optical lens or a hollow level collects all parallel light rays

[2] Chemistry: Temperature in which a fabric can be ignited and continues

[3] transferred: Lighting point on which attention is pointed

[4] Special point at (the construction of) cone cuts

[1] Bei einer Kurzsichtigkeit liegt der Brennpunkt der Linse im Auge vor der Netzhaut.

[1] „Wie Johannes Kepler (1571 bis 1630) im Jahre 1609 gezeigt hat, ist die Erdbahn nicht exakt kreisförmig, sondern angenähert eine Ellipse, in deren einem Brennpunkt die Sonne steht.“

[2] „Der Flammpunkt ist zu unterscheiden vom Brennpunkt und von der Zündtemperatur. Der Brennpunkt ist die Temperatur, bei der sich so viele Dämpfe über der Flüssigkeitsoberfläche bilden, dass eine dauerhafte Verbrennung – auch nach Entfernen der Zündquelle – erfolgt.“

[3] „Schulen in sozialen Brennpunkten brauchen besondere Unterstützung beispielsweise durch hochwertige Ganztagsprogramme oder Schulpsychologen.“

[3] „Ischgl mit seinen Après-Ski-Bars gilt als Brennpunkt für die Ausbreitung des Coronavirus in Europa.“

[4] „Die Planeten bewegen sich auf Ellipsen, in deren einem Brennpunkt die Sonne steht.“