Is it der, die oder das Cursor?
DER
The correct article in German of Cursor is der. So it is der Cursor! (nominative case)
The word Cursor 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.
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 Cursor?
How does the declension of Cursor 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 1 | Plural 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | der Cursor | die Cursor | die Cursors |
| Genitive | des Cursors | der Cursor | der Cursors |
| Dative | dem Cursor | den Cursor | den Cursors |
| Akkusative | den Cursor | die Cursor | die Cursors |
What is the meaning of Cursor in German?
Cursor is defined as:
[1] IT, computer science: visualization of the current position, in which text or other inputs are inserted
[1] EDV, Informatik: Visualisierung der aktuellen Position, an der Text oder andere Eingaben eingefügt werdenHow to use Cursor in a sentence?
Example sentences in German using Cursor with translations in English.
[1] MS-DOS hatte einen Unterstrich als Cursor.
[1] MS-DOS had an underlined as a cursora[1] „Ich hatte gestern sogar auf dem Bildschirm des Laptops den Cursor geschlagen, weil ich dachte, es sei eine Mücke.“
[1] "I even hit the cursor on the screen of the laptop yesterday because I thought it was a mosquito"How do you pronounce Cursor?
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