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Is it der, die oder das Hautfarbe?

DIE

The correct article in German of Hautfarbe is die. So it is die Hautfarbe! (nominative case)

The word Hautfarbe is feminine, therefore the correct article is die.

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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 Hautfarbe?

How does the declension of Hautfarbe 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 die Hautfarbe die Hautfarben
Genitive der Hautfarbe der Hautfarben
Dative der Hautfarbe den Hautfarben
Akkusative die Hautfarbe die Hautfarben

What is the meaning of Hautfarbe in German?

Hautfarbe is defined as:

[1] Color of the skin

[1] Farbe der Haut

How to use Hautfarbe in a sentence?

Example sentences in German using Hautfarbe with translations in English.

[1] Hautfarbe ist ein optisches Merkmal.

[1] Skin color is an optical feature

[1] Wegen seiner Hautfarbe wurde er diskriminiert.

[1] Because of its skin color, he was discriminated against

[1] „Auch die Hautfarbe spielt eine Rolle, wenngleich im Verborgenen.“

[1] "The skin color also plays a role, albeit in a hidden area"

[1] „Wäre unser Leben nicht auch langweilig ohne das Bild von Deutschen, die mal blond sind oder mal eine andere Hautfarbe haben?“

[1] "Wouldn't our life be boring without the picture of Germans who are blonde or a different skin color"

[1] „Sie hatten alle eine rötlichere Hautfarbe als andere Menschen in der Gemeinde.“

[1] "They all had a reddish skin color than other people in the municipality"

[1] „Wer eine dunklere Hautfarbe hat als sie, gilt ihnen als minderwertig, ja kaum zu einem zivilisierten Leben fähig.“

[1] "If you have a darker skin color than you, you are considered inferior, even to a civilized life capable"

[1] „Miles war zwar als ein wohlbehütetes Kind einer Mittelstandsfamilie aufgewachsen, sein Vater war Zahnarzt, aber die Diskriminierungen aufgrund der Hautfarbe waren unausweichlich.“

[1] "Miles grew up as a well -protected child of a medium -sized family, his father was a dentist, but the discrimination due to the skin color was inevitable"

[1] „Was wir nicht noch einmal erleben wollen, ist der Zusammenschluss von Völkern auf Grundlage ihrer Hautfarbe. Doch solange wir im Westen der Hautfarbe eine solche Bedeutung beimessen, machen wir es der Masse unmöglich, sich nach irgendwelchen anderen Kriterien zusammenzuschließen. Hautfarbe ist keine menschliche oder persönliche Realität; sie ist eine politische Realität.“

[1] “What we do not want to experience again is the merger of peoples based on their skin paint as long as we attach such meaning in the west of skin color, we make it impossible for the mass to join together according to any other criteria. Skin color is not a human or personal reality. It is a political reality. ”

How do you pronounce Hautfarbe?

Hautfarbe

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