Is it der, die oder das Einheitsgemeinde?

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 Einheitsgemeinde?

How does the declension of Einheitsgemeinde 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] Germany: Selb (st) Constant municipal structure of the lowest level

[2] Switzerland, usually: municipality in which all (non -church) municipal tasks are performed by a single local authority

[3] Judaism: Local religious community of people of different understanding of faith

[1] „Jeder der Ortsteile der Einheitsgemeinde hat als Einzelort seine eigene geschichtliche Entwicklung.“

[2] „Die Stimmberechtigten haben eine Initiative für die Schaffung der Einheitsgemeinde mit 788 Ja- zu 165 Nein-Stimmen klar angenommen. Die Behörden müssen nun einen Vorschlag für die Fusion von Politischer und Schulgemeinde oder eine Alternative dazu unterbreiten.“

[2] „Mit 2326 Ja zu 2215 Nein haben die Stimmberechtigten von Wetzikon die Einzelinitiative von Rudolf Beer für die Einführung der Einheitsgemeinde angenommen. Voraussetzung für den Zusammenschluss der Politischen Gemeinde mit der Primar- und der Oberstufenschulgemeinde ist die Teilung der Oberstufenschulgemeinde Wetzikon-Seegräben entlang der Gemeindegrenze.“

[3] „Doch solche ‚religiösen Differenzen‘ sind nicht zuletzt deshalb nebensächlich, weil die liberal-jüdische Einheitsgemeinde einen Modus Vivendi zwischen Reform- und konservativem Judentum darstellt.“