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Is it der, die oder das Ehrenbürger?

DER

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

The word Ehrenbürger 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 Ehrenbürger?

How does the declension of Ehrenbürger 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 Ehrenbürger die Ehrenbürger
Genitive des Ehrenbürgers der Ehrenbürger
Dative dem Ehrenbürger den Ehrenbürgern
Akkusative den Ehrenbürger die Ehrenbürger

What is the meaning of Ehrenbürger in German?

Ehrenbürger has various definitions in German:

[1] Award awarded by a city, municipality or university to appreciate special achievements of a person

[1] von einer Stadt, Gemeinde oder Hochschule verliehene Auszeichnung zur Würdigung besonderer Leistungen einer Person

[2] Person who

[2] Person, der [1] zuteilwurde

How to use Ehrenbürger in a sentence?

Example sentences in German using Ehrenbürger with translations in English.

[1] „2011 wurde dem damals 85-jährigen der Titel des Ehrenbürgers der Stadt Ełk verliehen.“

[1] "In 2011, the then 85-year-old was awarded the title of the honorary citizen of the city of Ełk"

[1] „Die Gemeinde Oberwerrn hat bis zum Ende ihrer Selbständigkeit insgesamt nur fünfmal die Würde des Ehrenbürgers an ausgewählte Oberwerrner Bürger übertragen.“

[1] "Until the end of its independence, the municipality of Oberwerrn only five times the dignity of the honorary citizen transferred to selected Oberwerrner citizens"

[2] „Rehhagel und seine Spieler wurden zu Ehrenbürger Athens ernannt.“

[2] "Rehhagel and his players were appointed honorary citizens of Athens"

[2] „Große Ehre für Philipp Lahm: Der ehemalige Kapitän der deutschen Fußball-Nationalmannschaft ist zum Ehrenbürger seiner Heimatstadt München gewählt worden.“

[2] "Great honor for Philipp Lahm: The former captain of the German national football team was elected honorary citizen of his hometown Munich" "

[2] „Am 5. Februar 1941 ist er anlässlich seines 80. Geburtstages zum Ehrenbürger von Franenthal ernannt sowie nochmals vom 28. Februar bis zum 5. April 1992 im Erkenbert-Museum seiner Vaterstadt mit einer Ausstellung geehrt worden.“

[2] "On February 5, 1941, on the occasion of his 80th birthday, he was appointed honorary citizen of Franenthal and was again honored with an exhibition from February 28 to April 5, 1992 in the Erkenbert Museum of his hometown."

[2] „Die Liste der Ehrenbürger wurde auf diejenigen Persönlichkeiten beschränkt, die sich um die Stadt und ihr Umland besonders verdient gemacht oder den Namen der Stadt Lindau weit über ihre Grenzen hinausgetragen haben.“

[2] "The list of honorary citizens was limited to those personalities who have made a particularly well deserved manner around the city and its surrounding area or carried the name of the city of Lindau far beyond its borders"

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