Is it der, die oder das Kap?

DAS

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

The word Kap 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 Kap?

How does the declension of Kap 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 Kap	die Kaps
Genitive	des Kaps	der Kaps
Dative	dem Kap	den Kaps
Akkusative	das Kap	die Kaps

What is the meaning of Kap in German?

Kap is defined as:

[1] An end point of a mountains, which is advanced far into the sea, a protruding part of a rock coast

[1] ein weit ins Meer vorgeschobener Endpunkt eines Gebirges, ein vorspringender Teil einer Felsenküste

How to use Kap in a sentence?

Example sentences in German using Kap with translations in English.

[1] „Hobhouse hatte im Dezember 1900 Südafrika besucht, wo seit einem Jahr ein erbitterter Krieg um die Vorherrschaft am Kap tobte.“

[1] "Hobhouse had visited South Africa in December 1900, where a bitter war for supremacy at Cape Tobke has been for a year for a year"

[1] „Cook sollte die Nordwestpassage suchen, jene so sehnsüchtig erträumte Abkürzung zwischen Atlantik und Pazifik, die den britischen Schiffen einen Weg in den Orient eröffnen würde, ohne um die Kaps fahren zu müssen.“

[1] "Cook should look for the northwest passage, the abbreviation between the Atlantic and the Pacific that would open the British ships to the Orient without having to drive the Kaps"

How do you pronounce Kap?

Kap

Pictures or photos of Kap

[1] Kap Hoorn von Süden

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