Is it der, die oder das Gen?
DAS
The correct article in German of Gen is das. So it is das Gen! (nominative case)
The word Gen 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 Gen?
How does the declension of Gen 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 Gen | die Gene |
| Genitive | des Gens | der Gene |
| Dative | dem Gen | den Genen |
| Akkusative | das Gen | die Gene |
What is the meaning of Gen in German?
Gen is defined as:
[1] Biology, inheritance theory: sequence on the DNA, which encodes with a certain base sequence for a ribonucleic acid
[1] Biologie, Vererbungslehre: Sequenz auf der DNA, die mit einer bestimmten Basenabfolge für eine Ribonukleinsäure codiertHow to use Gen in a sentence?
Example sentences in German using Gen with translations in English.
[1] "Daß in der Zelle individuelle, selbstreplizierende "Elemente" … vorliegen, die für die Ausprägung einzelner erblicher Merkmale verantwortlich sind, hatte Gregor Mendel schon 1865 mit seinen Erbsenkreuzungen deutlich gemacht. … Diese "Elemente", oder Erbfaktoren, von Johannsen 1906 in Gene umgetauft, hatten rein formal gesehen, die Funktion der Informationsträger in von Neumanns Maschinen, …"
[1] "The fact that there are individual, self -relapping" elements "in the cell, which are responsible for the expression of individual hereditary characteristics, Gregor Mendel had already made clear in 1865 with his pea crossings ... these" elements ", or hereditary factors, from Johannsen 1906 Bapted into genes, had seen purely formally, the function of the information carrier in von Neumann's machines, ... "[1] "Zunächst ist Dawkins Gen nicht das Gen der Vererbungsforschung. Es ist das schwammigste Gen, das es je gab. Das jahrze[h]ntelange Bemühen der Genetik, diesen Begriff aus den Höhen der Abstraktion Mendels zu einem handfesten, wohl abgegrenzten Stück DNA zu machen, wird weggewischt, das Gen wird neu definiert als "Einheit der Selektion": "Das Gen ist ein kleines Stückchen Chromosom, das potentiell viele Generationen überdauert" (wie aufschlußreich!) oder "Gene besitzen keine Voraussicht, sie existieren ganz einfach" (wer hätte das gedacht?) oder "Das Gen ist die Grundeinheit des Eigennutzes" (endlich wird die Genetik zur Wissenschaft!) und schließlich "Ich habe nunmehr das Gen so definiert, daß es wirklich kaum möglich ist, daß ich nicht recht habe". Vor allem aber sind Dawkins Gene "egoistisch" … "
[1] "First of all, Dawkins is not the gene of the inheritance research. It is the most spongy gene that has ever existed. DNA is wiped away, the gene is redefined as a "unit of selection": "The gene is a small piece of chromosome, which potentially survives" (as open -air) or "Gene have no foresight, they exist completely Simply "(who would have thought) or" The gene is the basic unit of self -benefit "(finally the genetics becomes science!) And finally" I have now defined the gene so that it is really hardly possible that I not right ". Above all, Dawkin's genes are" selfish "..."[1] "Mit der gedanklichen Aufteilung des Erbguts in einzelne Gene begründete Mendel 1865 die Wissenschaft der Genetik. … Gene waren bei sexueller Fortpflanzung neu kombinierbar, d.h. sie verhielten sich als Einheiten bei der Rekombination. Jedes Gen steuerte die Ausbildung eines bestimmten Merkmals und war somit zugleich die Einheit der Funktion. Später erkannte man das Vorkommen von Mutationen. Gene konnten in verschiedenen Zuständen vorliegen und wurden so auch zu Einheiten der Mutation. Mehrere Jahrzehnte blieb diese dreifache Definition des Gens als Einheit der Rekombination, Funktion und Mutation widerspruchsfrei. …"
[1] "With the mental division of the genetic into individual genes, Mendel 1865 the science of genetics ... genes were new in the event of sexual reproduction, i.e. they behaved as units in the recombination. Each gene controled the formation of a specific feature and was Thus the unity of the function at the same time. Later the occurrence of mutations were recognized. Gene could be present in various conditions and thus also became units of the mutation. For several decades, this triple definition of the gene remained as a unity of recombination, function and mutation without contradiction ... "[1] „Das Misstrauen gegenüber gentechnisch veränderten Lebensmitteln ist zwar groß, allerdings sind »Gene« natürlich in jedem Lebewesen und damit auch in allen Nahrungsmitteln enthalten.“
[1] "The distrust of genetically modified food is great, but" genes "are of course contained in every living being and thus also in all foods"How do you pronounce Gen?
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