Is it der, die oder das Evangelium?
DAS
The correct article in German of Evangelium is das. So it is das Evangelium! (nominative case)
The word Evangelium 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.
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 Evangelium?
How does the declension of Evangelium 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 Evangelium | die Evangelien |
| Genitive | des Evangeliums | der Evangelien |
| Dative | dem Evangelium | den Evangelien |
| Akkusative | das Evangelium | die Evangelien |
What is the meaning of Evangelium in German?
Evangelium has various definitions in German:
[1] Christianity: The four main books of the New Testament
[1] Christentum: die vier Hauptbücher des Neuen Testaments[2] Christianity, no plural: generally the Christian message of faith
[2] Christentum, kein Plural: generell die christliche Glaubensbotschaft[3] Christianity: The last literary reading in Christian services
[3] Christentum: die letzte Schriftlesung in christlichen GottesdienstenHow to use Evangelium in a sentence?
Example sentences in German using Evangelium with translations in English.
[1] „In der Tatsache, daß man die Bezeichnung der mündlichen Missionspredigt, Evangelium auf die schrifltichen Evangelien übertrug, kommt die wichtige Erkenntnis zum Ausdruck, daß diese Schriften Missionschriften sind, die dem gleichen Zweck dienen wie die mündliche Predigt: Glauben zu wecken und im Glauben zu befestigen (Jo 20,31).“
[1] "In the fact that the name of the oral mission sermon, gospel was transferred to the writings of Gospels, the important knowledge is expressed that these writings are missionary writings that serve the same purpose as the oral sermon: to arouse and faith and to fasten in faith (Jo 20.31) . "[1] „Es war ihm eingefallen, dass er ja jetzt ein neues Glück hatte und dass dieses Glück irgend etwas mit dem Evangelium gemein hatte.“
[1] "It had come up with the fact that he was now a new luck and that this luck had something with the gospel" "[1] „Der Krug enthielt Evangelien und Apokalypsen, Gebete und weitere Schriften auf Papyrus, gebündelt zu mehr als einem Dutzend Kodizes.“
[1] "The jug contained gospels and apocalyps, prayers and other writings on papyrus, bundled to more than a dozen codices" "[2] „Überall im Neuen Testament bezeichnet Evangelium das lebendig gesprochene Wort der Heilsbotschaft oder deren Inhalt, ist also ein unliterarischer Begriff. Und weil es nur eine Heilsbotschaft gibt, wird das Wort folgerichtig auch nur im Singular gebraucht.“
[2] "Everywhere in the New Testament, the gospel denotes the lively word of the salvation or its content, so it is an unpleasant term and because there is only a healing message, the word is consequently only used in the singular."[3] „Das Evangelium stellt den Höhepunkt des Wortgottesdienstes dar, seit dem 4. Jahrhundert wurde es auch mindestens von einem Diakon gesungen oder verlesen.“
[3] "The gospel represents the highlight of the word service, since the 4th century it has also been sung or read out by a deacon."How do you pronounce Evangelium?
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