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Is it der, die oder das Kanone?

DIE

The correct article in German of Kanone is die. So it is die Kanone! (nominative case)

The word Kanone 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.

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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 Kanone?

How does the declension of Kanone 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 Kanone die Kanonen
Genitive der Kanone der Kanonen
Dative der Kanone den Kanonen
Akkusative die Kanone die Kanonen

What is the meaning of Kanone in German?

Kanone has various definitions in German:

[1] gun with a flat shooting angle

[1] Geschütz mit flachem Abschusswinkel

[2] colloquially: fire weapon

[2] umgangssprachlich: Feuerwaffe

[3] Person who can do something particularly well

[3] Person, die etwas besonders gut kann

How to use Kanone in a sentence?

Example sentences in German using Kanone with translations in English.

[1] ein Schiff mit acht Segeln und mit fünfzig Kanonen — (Bertolt Brecht)

[1] A ship with eight sails and fifty cannons - (Bertolt Brecht)

[1] „Sie führte nun zwölf Kanonen und einige Petereros auf dem Schandeck, von denen sich vorher nicht eine darauf befunden hatte…“

[1] "She now led twelve cannons and some Petereros on the Schahandeck, of which one had not been on it before ..."

[1] „Da er fürchtete, sein Schiff könne angegriffen werden, befahl Kapitän Mary, die Decks gefechtsklar zu machen, die Musketen zu laden und die Kanonen feuerbereit zu halten.“

[1] "Since he was afraid that his ship could be attacked, captain Mary ordered the decks to make the decks, to load the musketers and to keep the cannons on fire"

[1] „Im selben Moment ließ uns das Donnern einer Kanone zusammenfahren.“

[1] "At the same moment, the thunder of a cannon let us go together"

[1] „Am Abend krachte auf einmal eine Kanone dicht vor uns.“

[1] "In the evening a cannon suddenly crashed close to our"

[2] Steck die Kanone weg!

[2] Put the cannon away

[2] „Lass' die Kanone stecken oder es bekommt dir schlecht.“

[2] "Leave the cannon or get you bad" "

[3] Der Junge ist eine Kanone in seiner Disziplin.

[3] The boy is a cannon in his discipline

How do you pronounce Kanone?

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