map of ubahn

Is it der, die oder das Görlitz?

The article is needed if "Görlitz" in a certain quality, at a certain time or period as a subject or object in the sentence, is otherwise, i.e. normally, 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.

Test your knowledge!

Choose the correct article.

DER

DIE

DAS

Boot

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 Görlitz?

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

What is the meaning of Görlitz in German?

Görlitz is defined as:

[1] City in Saxony, Germany (used to be the city parts on the right bank of the Neiße - today the Polish Zgorzelec)

[1] Stadt in Sachsen, Deutschland (früher gehörten dazu auch die auf dem rechten Ufer der Neiße gelegenen Stadtteile - heute das polnische Zgorzelec)

How to use Görlitz in a sentence?

Example sentences in German using Görlitz with translations in English.

[1] Warst du schon mal in Görlitz?

[1] You've ever been in Görlitze

[1] Der Stadtkreis Görlitz wurde 1873 geschaffen.

The city district of Görlitz was created in 1873

How do you pronounce Görlitz?

Görlitz

Pictures or photos of Görlitz

[1] Görlitz
[1] Görlitz

The content on this page is provided by Wiktionary.org and available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License.