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Is it der, die oder das Goa?

The article is needed if "GoA" in a certain quality, at a certain time or period as a subject or object in the sentence, is otherwise, i.e. usually, no article is used.

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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DIE

DAS

Welt

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 Goa?

How does the declension of Goa 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) Goa
Genitive (des Goa) (des Goas) Goas
Dative (dem) Goa
Akkusative (das) Goa

What is the meaning of Goa in German?

Goa is defined as:

[1] Indian state on the west coast of the national system of former Portuguese colony

[1] indischer Bundesstaat an der Westküste des Landes; ehemalige portugiesische Kolonie

How to use Goa in a sentence?

Example sentences in German using Goa with translations in English.

[1] „Aber manche glauben dran und bleiben träumend hängen beim Backpacken, machen in Kapstadt ihre Lodge auf oder stehen mit blondem Filzhaar in Goa am Strand rum und halten sich für Siddharta.“

[1] "But some believe it and stay dreaming while packing back, open their lodge in Cape Town or stand around on the beach with blond felt hair in Goa and consider themselves Siddhartar"

How do you pronounce Goa?

Goa

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