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Is it der, die oder das Eiweiß?

DAS

The correct article in German of Eiweiß is das. So it is das Eiweiß! (nominative case)

The word Eiweiß 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.

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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 Eiweiß?

How does the declension of Eiweiß 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 Eiweiß die Eiweiße
Genitive des Eiweißes der Eiweiße
Dative dem Eiweiß dem Eiweiße den Eiweißen
Akkusative das Eiweiß die Eiweiße

What is the meaning of Eiweiß in German?

Eiweiß has various definitions in German:

[1] Gastronomy, zoology: Gallent -like substance that surrounds the yolk into bird eggs and dining ingredient

[1] Gastronomie, Zoologie: gallertartige Substanz, die den Dotter in Vogeleiern umgibt und Speisezutat

[2] Biochemistry: Macromolecular basic building blocks of the cells

[2] Biochemie: makromolekulare Grundbausteine der Zellen

How to use Eiweiß in a sentence?

Example sentences in German using Eiweiß with translations in English.

[1] Beim Backen wird oft Eiweiß von Eigelb getrennt.

[1] When baking, protein is often separated from egg yolk

[1] „Ich konnte mich an dem Löffel festhalten, konnte die Bohnen erkennen, Spuren von Eiweiß und Eidotter darin, die Scheibe Brot, die immer kleiner wurde.“

[1] "I was able to stick to the spoon, could recognize the beans, traces of protein and egg yolk in it, the slice of bread, which was getting smaller"

[2] Viele essentielle Eiweiße kann unser Körper nicht selbst bilden.

[2] Many essential egg whites cannot fake our body itself

[2] „Beim Eindringen artfremden Eiweißes (Antigene) in das Blut werden in Plasmazellen des Knochenmarks und im lymphatischen Gewebe hochspezifische Abwehrstoffe (Antitoxine, Antikörper) gebildet und in das Blut abgegeben.“

[2] "In the case of no distant protein (antigens) into the blood, high -specific defenses (antipoxins, antibodies) are formed in plasma cells of the bone marrow and in lymphatic tissue and released into the blood"

[2] „Dabei handelt es sich um jene Eiweiße, aus denen viele Bindegewebe bestehen und die auch in den Knochen reichlich vorkommen.“

[2] "These are the proteins from which many connective tissue consist of and which also occur in the bones"

How do you pronounce Eiweiß?

Eiweiß

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