Is it der, die oder das Ecke?

DIE

The correct article in German of Ecke is die. So it is die Ecke! (nominative case)

The word Ecke is feminine, therefore the correct article is die.

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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 Ecke?

How does the declension of Ecke 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 Ecke	die Ecken
Genitive	der Ecke	der Ecken
Dative	der Ecke	den Ecken
Akkusative	die Ecke	die Ecken

What is the meaning of Ecke in German?

Ecke has various definitions in German:

[1] Geometry: point at which two delimiting lines of a surface or three or more boundary surfaces of a body collide

[1] Geometrie: Punkt, in welchem zwei begrenzende Linien einer Fläche beziehungsweise drei oder mehr Grenzflächen eines Körpers zusammenstoßen

[2] Place where two streets meet: street corner

[2] Stelle, an der zwei Straßen zusammentreffen: Straßenecke

[3] little piece of something

[3] kleines Stück von etwas

[4] only in word combinations: something in the shape of a corner [1]

[4] nur in Wortzusammensetzungen: etwas in der Form einer Ecke [1]

[5] Part of an area, place, garden: area

[5] Teil eines Gebietes, Ortes, Gartens: Gegend

[6] Sports: Ball games: Short for corner kick or corner kick; Boxing, wrestling: the four angles of the ring or mat

[6] Sport: Ballspiele: Kurzform für Eckball oder Eckstoß; Boxen, Ringen:die vier Winkel des Ringes oder der Matte

[7] figurative: belong to a certain group of people

[7] figurativ: zu einer bestimmten Personengruppe gehören

How to use Ecke in a sentence?

Example sentences in German using Ecke with translations in English.

[1] In der Ecke des Zimmers stand ein Ofen.

[1] There was a stove in the corner of the room

[1] „Hör auf, Deine Sachen nach der Schule nur in die Ecke zu feuern, den Mantel kannst Du aufhängen und den Ranzen in dein Zimmer bringen!“

[1] "Stop just throwing your things into the corner after school, you can hang up your coat and bring your satchel into your room!"

[1] Was eine Ecke ist, wird einem schmerzhaft deutlich, wenn man sich am neuen Couchtisch mit der Glasplatte das Knie anhaut.[2]

[1] What a corner is becomes painfully clear to you when you touch your knee at the new coffee table with the glass top . [2]

[1] Malerei: "Höhere Mächte befahlen: rechte obere Ecke schwarz malen!" Das schrieb er in ein Bild, das prompt zu seinem bekanntesten wurde.[3]

[1] Painting: "Higher powers ordered: paint the upper right corner black!" He wrote this in a picture that promptly became his most famous. [3]

[1] Will der Torwart seine Chance vergrößern, einen Elfmeter zu halten, kann er mit einer optischen Täuschung arbeiten und dem Torschützen eine Ecke im Tor „anbieten“. Physikalisch, mit seinem Körper, bewegt er sich nur ganz minimal aus der Tormitte nach rechts oder links.[4]

[1] If the goalkeeper wants to increase his chance of holding a penalty, he can work with an optical illusion and “offer” the goal scorer a corner in the goal . Physically, with his body, he only moves minimally from the center of the goal to the right

[1] Der Torwart ahnte die Ecke und hielt den Elfmeter.

[1] The goalkeeper guessed the corner and saved the penalty .

[2] Wir warte auf dich unten an der Ecke.

[2] We'll wait for you down on the corner.

[2] Er bog um die Ecke und weg war er. Ich habe ihn nie wieder gesehen.

[2] He turned the corner and he was gone. I never saw him again.

[2] „Im Reisebüro an der Ecke, erzählt er, hätten Arbeiter und Handwerker früher ihren Sommerurlaub am Mittelmeer gebucht.“[5]

[2] "In the travel agency on the corner, he says, workers and craftsmen used to book their summer vacation in the Mediterranean ." [5]

[3] Ich möchte nur eine kleine Ecke von dem Kuchen.

[3] I just want a little corner of the cake.

[5] Die Besucher kamen aus allen Ecken des Landes.

[5] The visitors came from all corners of the country.

[5] Hamburg ist an jeder Ecke anders: edel in Blankenese, kleinbürgerlich in Barmbek und wild auf St. Pauli.[6]

[5] Hamburg is different on every corner: noble in Blankenese, petty bourgeois in Barmbek and wild on St. Pauli. [6]

[5] Wenn Olaf Sobzcak durch Sankt Pauli läuft, kann er zu jeder Ecke etwas sagen – hier wird gerade der legendäre Mojo-Club abgerissen, dort, da stand einmal die alte Brauerei, und die Musik aus dem Keller da drüben, die kommt von einem Bekannten, der wohnt schon ewig hier.[7]

[5] When Olaf Sobzcak walks through Sankt Pauli, he can say something about every corner - the legendary Mojo Club is being demolished here, there was the old brewery and the music from the cellar over there comes from

[6] Vom Spielfeldrand riefen alle: Ecke!

[6] From the edge of the field everyone shouted: Corner!

[6] „Kaltz schießt die Ecke flach und hart in den Strafraum, Kopfball Hrubesch, Toooooooor!“

[6] "Kaltz shoots the corner flat and hard into the penalty area, header Hrubesch, Toooooooor!"

[6] Der Boxer war so schwer gezeichnet, dass aus der Ecke das Handtuch flog. [= der Trainer gab auf]

[6] The boxer was so badly marked that the towel flew out of the corner. [= the trainer gave up]

[7] „Ich lasse mich von dir nicht in die Ecke des Schulversagers stellen, nur weil ich meine erste fünf geschrieben habe.“

[7] "I won't let you put me in the corner of the school failure just because I wrote my first five."

[7] Überschrift: „Indiens Homosexuelle in der kriminellen Ecke“[8]

[7] Headline: "India's homosexuals in the criminal corner" [8]

How do you pronounce Ecke?

Ecke

Pictures or photos of Ecke

[1] die Ecke eines Hauses

[1] die Seiten eines Buches werden an den Ecken umgeblättert

[2] ein Laden an einer Ecke

[6] ein Eckball beim Fußball oder kurz: Ecke

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