Is it der, die oder das Jahrzehnt?
DAS
The correct article in German of Jahrzehnt is das. So it is das Jahrzehnt! (nominative case)
The word Jahrzehnt 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.
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 Jahrzehnt?
How does the declension of Jahrzehnt 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 Jahrzehnt | die Jahrzehnte |
| Genitive | des Jahrzehnts des Jahrzehntes | der Jahrzehnte |
| Dative | dem Jahrzehnt dem Jahrzehnte | den Jahrzehnten |
| Akkusative | das Jahrzehnt | die Jahrzehnte |
What is the meaning of Jahrzehnt in German?
Jahrzehnt is defined as:
[1] A period of ten years (from 1,000 1. XXX1 to 31. 12. XXX0)
[1] ein Zeitraum von zehn Jahren (vom 1. 1. xxx1 bis 31. 12. xxx0)How to use Jahrzehnt in a sentence?
Example sentences in German using Jahrzehnt with translations in English.
[1] Und wieder ist ein Jahrzehnt Geschichte vorbei.
[1] And again a decade of history is over[1] „Seit Jahrzehnten wird darum gestritten, ob Weißkopf oder den Gebrüdern Wright der [sic !] Verdienst des ersten kontrollierten Motorflugs zugesprochen werden soll.“
[1] "For decades it has been argued for whether Weißkopf or the Brothers Wright of the [sic ether] merit of the first controlled motor flight should be awarded"[1] „In den frühen Morgenstunden packte er kalt entschlossen statt der Schulsachen ein paar Kleider in seinen Ranzen, dazu alles Geld, das er sich insgeheim mühsam zusammengespart hatte, und verließ sein Elternhaus, um fast drei Jahrzehnte lang nicht wiederzukehren, auch nicht zum Begräbnis seiner Mutter.“
[1] “In the early hours of the morning he grabbed a few clothes in his satchel instead of his schooly things, plus all the money that he had painstakingly saved, and left his parents' house not to return for almost three decades, not even to Funeral of his mother's "[1] „Seit Jahrzehnten schon schaffte man ständig Nachschub über den Atlantik und den Indischen Ozean in die älteren Kolonien.“
[1] "For decades, replenishments have been made over the Atlantic and the Indian Ocean into the older colonia"[1] „Nur wenige Portugiesen dringen in den folgenden Jahrzehnten weit ins Landesinnere vor: Abenteurer, Deserteure, Schiffbrüchige, flüchtige Kriminelle.“
[1] "Only a few Portuguese penetrate far inland in the following decades: adventurers, deserters, shipwrecked, fleeting criminal people"[1] „Der Anbau von Gerste, Zuckerrüben, Sonnenblumen, Faserflachs und Rotklee ist in den letzten Jahrzehnten auf Kosten von Hafer, Futterrüben und Kartoffeln erweitert worden.“
[1] "The cultivation of barley, sugar beet, sunflowers, fiber flax and red clover has been expanded in recent decades at the expense of oats, staplets and potatoes"How do you pronounce Jahrzehnt?
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