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Is it der, die oder das Hörspiel?

DAS

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

The word Hörspiel 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 Hörspiel?

How does the declension of Hörspiel 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 Hörspiel die Hörspiele
Genitive des Hörspieles des Hörspiels der Hörspiele
Dative dem Hörspiel dem Hörspiele den Hörspielen
Akkusative das Hörspiel die Hörspiele

What is the meaning of Hörspiel in German?

Hörspiel is defined as:

[1] Media: Originally dramatic poetry for the radio today also available on other media such as records and CD

[1] Medien: ursprünglich dramatische Dichtung für den Hörfunk; heute auch auf anderen Medien wie Schallplatte und CD erhältlich

How to use Hörspiel in a sentence?

Example sentences in German using Hörspiel with translations in English.

[1] Melchior Schedlers Hörspiel „Cordoba oder die Kunst des Badens“ ist auch als Hörbuch erhältlich.

[1] Melchior Schedler's radio play "Cordoba or the Art of Baden" is also available as an audio book

[1] „Das war wie ein Hörspiel, nur in echt.“

[1] "It was like a radio play, only in Echtä"

How do you pronounce Hörspiel?

Hörspiel

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