Is it der, die oder das Erde?

DIE

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

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

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 Erde?

How does the declension of Erde 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 Erde	die Erden
Genitive	der Erde	der Erden
Dative	der Erde der Erden	den Erden
Akkusative	die Erde	die Erden

What is the meaning of Erde in German?

Erde has various definitions in German:

[1] Only singular: the solid floor, the land surface of [3]

[1] nur Singular: der feste Boden, die Landoberfläche von [3]

[2] The loose component of [1], the soil

[2] der lockere Bestandteil von [1], das Erdreich

[3] Only singular: lively and third, the planet counted from the sun in our solar system

[3] nur Singular: belebter und dritter, von der Sonne aus gezählter Planet in unserem Sonnensystem

[4] Short form for: toner -like metal oxide, the so -called rare earth

[4] Kurzform für: tonerdeähnliches Metalloxid, die so genannte Seltene Erde

[5] Physically, electrical: a conductive connection to the earth [2]

[5] physikalisch, elektrisch: eine leitende Verbindung zur Erde [2]

[6] Only singular: the dry land masses of the earth's surface

[6] nur Singular: die trockenen Landmassen der Erdoberfläche

[7] Religious: this by this side

[7] religiös: das Diesseits

How to use Erde in a sentence?

Example sentences in German using Erde with translations in English.

[1] Er steht mit beiden Füßen auf der Erde.

[1] He stands on the earth with both feet

[1] Auch wertvolle Dinge liegen oft auf der Erde.

[1] Valuable things are often on the earth

[1] „Artemis saß auf der noch taufeuchten Erde am Waldesrain und blickte versonnen über die Ebene, die sich weit vor ihr öffnete.“

[1] "Artemis sat on the still baptismal earth on the forest rain and looked at the level that opened far in front of her"

[2] Ich pflanze im Frühjahr Rosen in die Erde.

[2] I plant roses into the earth in spring

[2] „Warum […] pflügen Wildschweine die Erde um und was kann man dagegen tun?“

[2] "Why [...] Wild boars plow the earth around and what can you do with tunes"

[2] „Die Erde im Gemüsegarten glänzte feucht und schwarz wie Mohnkügelchen und rann für den Blick schon auf eine kurze Entfernung mit dem trüben und feuchten Nebelschleier zusammen.“

[2] "The earth in the vegetable garden shone moist and black like poppy bars and ran together with the cloudy and damp fog veil for a short distance" for the view "

[3] Das größte Netz von Computern der Erde ist das Internet.

[3] The largest network of computers on earth is the Internet

[3] Die Erde dreht sich um die Sonne.

[3] The earth revolves around the Sonneä

[3] „Mit der Geschwindigkeit von 40000 km/Std., die unsere »Raumschiffe« zwischen Erde und Mond derzeit erreichen, würde eine Reise zum rund 4 Lichtjahre entfernten sonnennächsten Fixstern über 100000 Jahre dauern.“

[3] "With the speed of 400,000 km/hrs, which currently reach our" spaceships "between the earth and the moon, a trip to the sun's nights, which is around 4 light years away, would take over 100000 years."

[3] „Die wirkliche Bahn des Mondes ist außerordentlich kompliziert, da er sich mit der Erde um die Sonne bewegt und auch unser Sonnensystem als Ganzes nicht ruht.“

[3] "The real path of the moon is extremely complicated because it moves around the sun with the earth and our solar system as a whole does not rest"

[1, 3] Die Geologie bildet die Grundlage der Wissenschaften von der Erde.

[1, 3] Geology forms the basis of the sciences from the earth

[4] „Das Skandium besitzt mit 44,1 das niedrigste Atomgewicht von allen seltenen Erden und es nimmt gewissermaßen in der Reihe der Elemente der seltenen Erden eine Sonderstellung ein, und auch das Oxyd des Skandiums ist die schwächste Basis unter allen dreiwertigen Erden.“

[4] "The Scandium has the lowest atomic weight of all rare earths with 44.1 and it takes a special position in the series of elements of the rare earths, and the Oxyd of the Scandium is also the weakest basis among all three -value earth"

[5] „Das geräteinterne FI-Modul (RCMU) und auch ein FI für die PV-Kabelstrecke im Sicherungskasten kann nur auslösen, wenn er über die Erde eine Strom-Fehlermeldung bekommt, wenn also unerlaubte Ströme vom Dach die Erde erreichen.“

[5] "The device-internal FI module (RCMU) and also an FI for the PV cable route in the safety box can only trigger if it gets a current error message via the earth, so if unauthorized currents reach the earth from the roof"

[6] Die Erde hat mich wieder.

[6] The earth has me again

[7] Friede sei auf Erden.

[7] Peace is on earth

How do you pronounce Erde?

Erde

Pictures or photos of Erde

[2] Erde auf einem Acker

[3] Planet Erde

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