Is it der, die oder das Informatik?
DIE
The correct article in German of Informatik is die. So it is die Informatik! (nominative case)
The word Informatik 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.
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 Informatik?
How does the declension of Informatik 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 Informatik | — |
| Genitive | der Informatik | — |
| Dative | der Informatik | — |
| Akkusative | die Informatik | — |
What is the meaning of Informatik in German?
Informatik is defined as:
[1] Structural science: structural science that deals with information and its automatic processing
[1] Strukturwissenschaft: Strukturwissenschaft, die sich mit der Information und deren automatischer Verarbeitung befasstHow to use Informatik in a sentence?
Example sentences in German using Informatik with translations in English.
[1] "In der Informatik geht es genauso wenig um Computer wie in der Astronomie um Teleskope." (Edsger Dijkstra)[3]
[1] "Computer science is as little about computers as astronomy is about telescopes." (Edsger Dijkstra) [3][1] Die Inhalte der Theoretischen Informatik sind nicht so direkt anwendbar wie viele Inhalte der Grundvorlesungen über Programmierung, Rechnerarchitektur, Hardware, Datenstrukturen und den Entwurf effizienter Algorithmen.[4]
[1] The contents of Theoretical Computer Science are not as directly applicable as many contents of the basic lectures on programming, computer architecture, hardware, data structures and the design of efficient algorithms. [4][1] „Ein völlig anderes Interessengebiet aber, das sich quasi in ihm bereits im Kleinkindalter etabliert hatte, war die Informatik.“[5]
[1] "A completely different area of interest, however, which had already established itself in him as a child, was computer science." [5]How do you pronounce Informatik?
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