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Is it der, die oder das Datenträger?

DER

The correct article in German of Datenträger is der. So it is der Datenträger! (nominative case)

The word Datenträger 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.

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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 Datenträger?

How does the declension of Datenträger 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 der Datenträger die Datenträger
Genitive des Datenträgers der Datenträger
Dative dem Datenträger den Datenträgern
Akkusative den Datenträger die Datenträger

What is the meaning of Datenträger in German?

Datenträger is defined as:

[1] Computer science: medium that permanently stores data

[1] Informatik: Medium, das Daten dauerhaft speichert

How to use Datenträger in a sentence?

Example sentences in German using Datenträger with translations in English.

[1] „Diese virtuelle Festplatte kann man auf einem externen Datenträger anlegen, den man vom physischen PC trennt, wenn man nichts ins Internet will.“

[1] "This virtual hard drive can be created on an external data carrier that you separate from the physical PC if you don't go to the internet"

How do you pronounce Datenträger?

Datenträger

Pictures or photos of Datenträger

[1] Unterschiedliche Datenträger
[1] Unterschiedliche Datenträger

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