Is it der, die oder das Dekade?
DIE
The correct article in German of Dekade is die. So it is die Dekade! (nominative case)
The word Dekade is feminine, therefore the correct article is die.
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 Dekade?
How does the declension of Dekade 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 | die Dekade | die Dekaden |
| Genitive | der Dekade | der Dekaden |
| Dative | der Dekade | den Dekaden |
| Akkusative | die Dekade | die Dekaden |
What is the meaning of Dekade in German?
Dekade has various definitions in German:
[1] General: unit of ten, quantity of ten
[1] allgemein: Einheit von Zehn, Menge von Zehn[2] Period of:
[2] Zeitraum von:[a] ten days,
[a] zehn Tagen,[b] ten weeks (rarely used),
[b] zehn Wochen (selten gebräuchlich),[c] ten months (rarely used) or
[c] zehn Monaten (selten gebräuchlich) oder[D] Ten years
[d] zehn JahrenHow to use Dekade in a sentence?
Example sentences in German using Dekade with translations in English.
[1] Dann folgt wieder Genitiv Mehrzahl bis 30, dann wiederholt sich alles bei jeder weiteren Dekade bis hundert, der Nominativ bei hunderteins und so weiter.
[1] Then genitive has again followed up to 30, then everything is repeated at every further decade up to a hundred, the nominative with hundred and so on[2a] Das Jahr des Französischen Revolutionskalenders bestand aus zwölf Monaten zu je drei Dekaden und fünf, in Schaltjahren sechs Ergänzungstagen.
[2a] The year of the French Revolutionary calendar consisted of twelve months of three decades and five, six supplementary days in leaps[2b]
[2 B][2c]
[2c][2d] Vor allem kleine bis mittelgroße Gletscher vieler Bergregionen könnten schon in den kommenden Dekaden verschwinden.
[2D] Especially small to medium -sized glaciers of many mountain regions could already disappear in the upcoming decades[2d] Auch ohne solche Qualen ist die durchschnittliche Lebenserwartung der Menschen in den vergangenen 170 Jahren um 40 Jahre gestiegen: in jeder Dekade gleichmäßig um 2,5 Jahre.
[2D] Even without such agony, the average life expectancy of people has increased by 40 years in the past 170 years: evenly in every decade by 2.5 years[2d] „Dabei war sie etliche Dekaden vom Mädchenalter entfernt.“
[2D] "She was a number of decades from the girl's age"[2d] „Gut fünf Dekaden zuvor, im November 1908, hat die Regierung in Brüssel den »Kongo-Freistaat« von König Leopold II. übernommen.“
[2D] "A good five decades earlier, in November 1908, the government in Brussels took over the" Congo-Free State "by King Leopold IIA."[3] Die Textauswahl aus der ersten Dekade des Werks von Titus Livius enthält abwechslungsreiche und mit psychologischem Einfühlungsvermögen erzählte Geschichten.
[3] The text selection from the first decade of the work of Titus Livius contains varied stories told with psychological empathy[4] In einer logarithmischen Dekade sind 3,322 Oktaven enthalten.
[4] In a logarithmic decade, 3.322 octaves are includedHow do you pronounce Dekade?
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