map of ubahn

Is it der, die oder das Budapest?

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.

Test your knowledge!

Choose the correct article.

DER

DIE

DAS

Kabine

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 Budapest?

How does the declension of Budapest 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) Budapest
Genitive (des Budapest) (des Budapests) Budapests
Dative (dem) Budapest
Akkusative (das) Budapest

What is the meaning of Budapest in German?

Budapest is defined as:

[1] Capital and largest city in Hungary

[1] Hauptstadt und größte Stadt Ungarns

How to use Budapest in a sentence?

Example sentences in German using Budapest with translations in English.

[1] In Budapest leben etwa 1.702.297 Menschen.

[1] Around 1,702,297 people live in Budapest.

[1] „So habe das universitäre Fach Germanistik im Jahre 1949 nur noch in Budapest existiert, während die entsprechenden Lehrstühle in Szeged, Debrecen und Pécs aufgelöst worden seien.“

[1] "In 1949, the university subject in 1949 only existed in Budapest, while the corresponding chairs in Szeged ,bubrecen and Pécs were dissolved"

How do you pronounce Budapest?

Budapest

The content on this page is provided by Wiktionary.org and available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License.