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Is it der, die oder das Heuchelei?

DIE

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

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

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 Heuchelei?

How does the declension of Heuchelei 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 Heuchelei die Heucheleien
Genitive der Heuchelei der Heucheleien
Dative der Heuchelei den Heucheleien
Akkusative die Heuchelei die Heucheleien

What is the meaning of Heuchelei in German?

Heuchelei is defined as:

[1] pretend of untruthfulness a form of lies

[1] Vortäuschen von Unwahrheiten; eine Form von Lügen

How to use Heuchelei in a sentence?

Example sentences in German using Heuchelei with translations in English.

[1] Wenn ich sagen würde, Schule gefiele mir, wäre das Heuchelei.

[1] If I said that school liked it, that would be a hypocrite

[1] „Von den Betroffenen wird das nicht als Heuchelei empfunden.“

[1] "Of those affected, this is not perceived as hypocrisy"

[1] „Jene, die das ganze Jahr über die Maske der Heuchelei tragen, zu entlarven, ist eine große Versuchung.“

[1] "To expose those who carry the hypocrisy all year round is a big temporary"

[1] „Auch diejenigen, die ihre Weisheit gern von sich gaben und ihre Gefühle gern aussprachen und die Lage Russlands tiefgründig erörterten, brachten in alles, was sie sagten, unwillkürlich einen Zug von Heuchelei und Lüge oder von unfruchtbarer Kritikasterei und Gehässigkeit gegen irgendwelche anderen Menschen, denen sie die Schuld an Dingen beimassen, an denen niemand schuld sein konnte.“

[1] “Even those who like to give their wisdom and who were happy to pronounce their feelings and discussed the situation of Russia in profound ones brought in everything they said, involuntarily a train of hypocrisy and lies or of infertile criticism and belief against any other People whom they blame for things where nobody could be to blame.

[1] „Weiberlist oder Heuchelei können eine solche Antwort geben; in diesem Augenblick jedoch konnte sie nur der Aufrichtigkeit entspringen.“

[1] "Weiberlist or hypocrisy can give such an answer at this moment, however, it could only result in the sincerity"

How do you pronounce Heuchelei?

Heuchelei

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