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Is it der, die oder das Graz?

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 Graz?

How does the declension of Graz 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) Graz
Genitive (des Graz) Graz’
Dative (dem) Graz
Akkusative (das) Graz

What is the meaning of Graz in German?

Graz is defined as:

[1] Geography: state capital of the Austrian state of Styria

[1] Geografie: Landeshauptstadt des österreichischen Bundeslandes Steiermark

How to use Graz in a sentence?

Example sentences in German using Graz with translations in English.

[1] Graz ist die Landeshauptstadt der Steiermark.

[1] Graz is the state capital of the Styria

[1] „In 80 Prozent der überprüften Gaststätten mit Raucher- und Nichtraucherbereich in Graz wurden im Nichtraucherraum gesundheitsschädliche Mengen an Feinstaub gemessen, berichtet die Steiermärkische Gebietskrankenkasse.“

[1] "In 80 percent of the restaurants checked with smoking and non-smoking area in Graz, health-damaging amounts of fine dust were measured in the non-smoking room, reports the Styrian area health insurance fund"

[zum Artikel-Gebrauch] Das Graz von heute ist weltoffen.

[for the use of article] The Graz of today is cosmopolitan

How do you pronounce Graz?

Graz

Pictures or photos of Graz

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