Is it der, die oder das Doppel?
DAS
The correct article in German of Doppel is das. So it is das Doppel! (nominative case)
The word Doppel is neuter, therefore the correct article is das.
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 Doppel?
How does the declension of Doppel 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 Doppel | die Doppel |
Genitive | des Doppels | der Doppel |
Dative | dem Doppel | den Doppeln |
Akkusative | das Doppel | die Doppel |
What is the meaning of Doppel in German?
Doppel has various definitions in German:
[1] mostly ball sport: a game variant in which two players play together
[1] meist Ballsport: eine Spielvariante, bei der jeweils zwei Spieler gemeinsam spielen[2] mostly ball sport: team formed from two players
[2] meist Ballsport: aus zwei Spielern gebildete Mannschaft[3] Second identical copy of a document
[3] zweite identische Ausfertigung eines SchriftstücksHow to use Doppel in a sentence?
Example sentences in German using Doppel with translations in English.
[1] Sowohl im Einzel als auch im Doppel machte der Tennisspieler knapp 250 Plätze gut.
[1] The tennis player made almost 250 places in both singles and in doubles[2] Unser Tischtennisverein kann endlich auch ein Doppel zur Meisterschaft schicken.
[2] Our table tennis club can finally send a double to the championship[3] Bitte schicken Sie mir das Doppel des Vertrages zu!
[3] Please send me the double of the contract tooHow do you pronounce Doppel?
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