Is it der, die oder das Heimatdorf?

DAS

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

The word Heimatdorf 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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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 Heimatdorf?

How does the declension of Heimatdorf 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 Heimatdorf	die Heimatdörfer
Genitive	des Heimatdorfes des Heimatdorfs	der Heimatdörfer
Dative	dem Heimatdorf dem Heimatdorfe	den Heimatdörfern
Akkusative	das Heimatdorf	die Heimatdörfer

What is the meaning of Heimatdorf in German?

Heimatdorf is defined as:

[1] Small settlement in which someone grew up and therefore considered his home

[1] kleine Siedlung, in der jemand aufgewachsen ist und sie daher als seine Heimat betrachtet

How to use Heimatdorf in a sentence?

Example sentences in German using Heimatdorf with translations in English.

[1] „Unter Wehklagen der Eltern und Angehörigen wurden am Samstag die ersten Kinder, denen der Einsturz des Schülerwohnheimes zum tödlichen Verhängnis geworden war, in ihren Heimatdörfern begraben.“

[1] "The first children and relatives were buried on Saturday, the first children to whom the collapse of the school dormitory had become fatal, in their home villages"

[1] „Er verließ Kanum, machte sich nach Norden auf den Weg nach Zanskar und erreichte schließlich Phuntsogs Heimatdorf Tetha.“

[1] "He left Kanum, made his way north to Zanskar and finally reached Phuntsog's home village of Tethaä"

[1] „In den Sommerferien war Nikolais Familie nun mit ihren beiden Kindern zurück nach Rumänien gefahren, um den Urlaub mit alten Bekannten im Heimatdorf zu verbringen.“

[1] "During the summer holidays, Nikolai's family had now driven back to Romania with her two children to spend the vacation with old acquaintances in the home village"

[1] „Mein Großvater ist in dieser schwierigen Zeit aufgewachsen und hat sein Heimatdorf freiwillig verlassen, um woanders eine Ausbildung zu erhalten.“

[1] "My grandfather grew up in this difficult time and voluntarily left his home village to receive training elsewhere"

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Heimatdorf

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