Is it der, die oder das Diener?
DER
The correct article in German of Diener is der. So it is der Diener! (nominative case)
The word Diener 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 Diener?
How does the declension of Diener 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 Diener | die Diener |
| Genitive | des Dieners | der Diener |
| Dative | dem Diener | den Dienern |
| Akkusative | den Diener | die Diener |
What is the meaning of Diener in German?
Diener has various definitions in German:
[1] Depending on the company that fulfills certain domestic duties for his gentlemen, home employees
[1] abhängig Arbeitender, der für seinen Herren bestimmte häusliche Pflichten erfüllt, Hausangestellter[2] Person who is very committed to something
[2] Person, die sich sehr für etwas einsetzt[3] Bounding
[3] VerbeugungHow to use Diener in a sentence?
Example sentences in German using Diener with translations in English.
[1] Ein Diener lernt auf einer speziellen Schule, wie er sich gegenüber dem Herren verhalten muss.
[1] A servant learns at a special school as he must behave towards the gentlemen[1] „Es nützte nichts, weder der Priester noch sonst jemand vermochte ihn davon abzubringen, daß ich nicht sein Diener, sondern sein Sklave sei…“
[1] "It was of no use, neither the priest nor someone else could dissuade him from the fact that I was not his servant but his slave ..."[1] „Die Einzigen von ihnen, die jemals ihren Fuß in die Stadt setzten, waren die schwarzen Diener und Dienerinnen, welche die Plantagenbesitzer von den karibischen Inseln mitbrachten, wenn sie Frankreich einen Besuch abstatteten.“
[1] "The only of them who ever set their foot in the city were the black servants who brought the plantation owners from the Caribbean islands when they asked France" "[1] „Mit dem »ganz ollen Vietzke« ist unser alter Diener gemeint; sein Sohn ist der Brennermeister.“
[1] "With the" very Ollen Vietzke "our old servant is meant by his son his son is the Brenner Master" "[1] „Ich befürchtete, dass der Diener mich nicht hereinlassen würde, wenn ich im Gewand eines einfachen Seemanns anklopfte, also öffnete ich die Eingangstür ohne Umschweife und ging direkt durch zum Salon, bevor man mich aufhalten konnte.“
[1] "I feared that the servant would not let me in if I knocked in the robe of a simple sailor, so I opened the front door without wiring and went straight through to the salon before you could be stopped"[2] Er war ein mächtiger Diener der Wissenschaft.
[2] He was a powerful servant of the scientific[3] Als Kinder mussten wir zur Begrüßung einen Diener machen.
[3] As children, we had to do a servant as a greetingHow do you pronounce Diener?
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