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Is it der, die or das Humboldt?

Humboldt

The oral, colloquial use of the article for last names is not uniformly used to do not use an article, Central German is inconsistent, in southern German, Austrian and Swiss idioms the article tends to be needed. In the event of an article use: the "Humboldt" - for male individuals who "Humboldt" in the singular - for female individuals - and/or a "Humboldt" for one and/or a relative from the "Humboldt family “And/or the group of namesers. The one in the plural applies to the family and/or all name carriers of the same name. The written, standard language use for last names is in principle without an article.

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German declension of Humboldt?

How does the declension of Humboldt 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 m Singular f Plural
Nominative der Humboldt (Humboldt) die Humboldt (Humboldt) die Humboldts
Genitive des Humboldt des Humboldts Humboldts der Humboldt (Humboldt) der Humboldts
Dative dem Humboldt (Humboldt) der Humboldt (Humboldt) den Humboldts
Akkusative den Humboldt (Humboldt) die Humboldt (Humboldt) die Humboldts
siehe auch: Grammatik der deutschen Namen

What is the meaning of Humboldt in German?

Humboldt is defined as:

[1] German -language family name, last name

[1] deutschsprachiger Familienname, Nachname

How to use Humboldt in a sentence?

Example sentences in German using Humboldt with translations in English.

[1] Frau Humboldt ist ein Genie im Verkauf.

[1] Ms. Humboldt is a genius in the sales

[1] Herr Humboldt wollte uns kein Interview geben.

[1] Mr. Humboldt did not want to give us an interview

[1] Die Humboldts kommen heute aus Berlin.

[1] The Humboldts come from Berlin today

[1] Der Humboldt trägt nie die Schals, die die Humboldt ihm strickt.

[1] The Humboldt never bears the scarves that Humboldt knits him

[1] Das kann ich dir aber sagen: „Wenn die Frau Humboldt kommt, geht der Herr Humboldt.“

[1] But I can tell you: "When the Ms. Humboldt comes, Mr. Humboldt will go"

[1] Humboldt kommt und geht.

[1] Humboldt comes and goes

[1] Humboldts kamen, sahen und siegten.

[1] Humboldts came, saw and winning