Is it der, die oder das Höchstwert?

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.

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 Höchstwert?

How does the declension of Höchstwert 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] greatest value that can be achieved, the highest possible value

[1] „Aufgrund dessen konnte das EPA mit 105.600 erteilten europäischen Patenten 2017 einen neuen Höchstwert verbuchen.“

[1] „Die Konzentration der Treibhausgase [CO2 und Methan] in der Atmosphäre hat [mit 405,5 ppm (Teilchen pro Million Teilchen)] im vergangenen Jahr [2017] nach Angaben der Vereinten Nationen einen neuen Höchststand erreicht.“

[1] „Die Mehrheit der Parlamentarier bewertet ihr Leben auf einer Skala von 1 bis 10 mit einer 8 (37 Prozent) oder 9 (30 Prozent), bei den Bürgern sind das nur 31 beziehungsweise 23 Prozent. Die wiederum vergeben etwas häufiger den Höchstwert, führen aber ansonsten eher in den mittleren Bereichen.“

[1] „Der theoretische Höchstwert, der ein hohes Maß an Selbstbewusstsein widerspiegelt, liegt bei dieser Befragung bei 25 Punkten.“