Is it der, die oder das Grün?

DAS

The correct article in German of Grün is das. So it is das Grün! (nominative case)

The word Grün 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.

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Behinderung

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 Grün?

How does the declension of Grün 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 1	Plural 2
Nominative	das Grün	die Grüns	die Grün
Genitive	des Grün des Grüns	der Grüns	der Grün
Dative	dem Grün	den Grüns	den Grün
Akkusative	das Grün	die Grüns	die Grün

What is the meaning of Grün in German?

Grün is defined as:

[1] Green color, a certain section of the visible light in the spectrum of electromagnetic waves

[1] grüner Farbton, ein bestimmter Abschnitt des sichtbaren Lichts im Spektrum der elektromagnetischen Wellen

How to use Grün in a sentence?

Example sentences in German using Grün with translations in English.

[1] Fenster- und Türrahmen sind in einem dezenten Grün gehalten.

[1] Window and door frames are kept in a subtle greenery

[1] Grün ist die Farbe der Hoffnung.

[1] The color of the hope is green

[1] „Am Portal des gründerzeitlichen Eckhauses beißt sich ein blauer Schriftzug sehr schön mit dem giftigen Grün der Eingangstür.“

[1] "On the portal of the Wilhelminian Corporation House, a blue lettering bites very nicely with the poisonous green of the entrance courtyard"

[1] „Sehr lange wurde die Farbe Grün in der Malerei vermieden, sie war verpönt.“

[1] "The color was avoided green in painting for a very long time, it was frowned upon"

[2] Für das öffentliche Grün ist das Gartenbauamt zuständig.

[2] The horticultural office is responsible for the public green

[2] „Lichtes Grün brach aus dem schwarzen Geäst, und die ersten Veilchen schienen mir den endgültigen Sieg des Guten über das Böse zu verkünden.“

[2] "Light green broke out of the black branches, and the first violets seemed to me to announce the final victory of good about evil"

[2] „Ich legte sie auf ihr Bett, in Papier gewickelt, wie sie waren, und beobachtete, wie sie sie auspackte, die Knospen zurechtlegte, an dem Grün zupfte.“

[2] "I put her on her bed, wrapped in paper, as they were, and watched how she unpacked her, put on the buds, plucked on the green"

[3] Grün ist Trumpf.

[3] Green is Trumpfe

[4] Rot und Grün wollen bald Koalitionsverhandlungen aufnehmen.

[4] Red and green will soon take coalition negotiations

[5] Er schlägt den Ball weit über das Grün.

[5] He beats the ball far above the green