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Is it der, die oder das Karlsruhe?

The article is needed if "Karlsruhe" in a certain quality, at a certain time or period as a subject or object in the sentence, is otherwise, i.e. normally, no article is used.

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 Karlsruhe?

How does the declension of Karlsruhe 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) Karlsruhe
Genitive (des Karlsruhe) (des Karlsruhes) Karlsruhes
Dative (dem) Karlsruhe
Akkusative (das) Karlsruhe

What is the meaning of Karlsruhe in German?

Karlsruhe has various definitions in German:

[1] Geography: City in Germany, in Baden-Württemberg

[1] Geografie: Stadt in Deutschland, in Baden-Württemberg

[2] Geography: Karlsruhe district

[2] Geografie: Landkreis Karlsruhe

[3] Seat of the Federal Constitutional Court and synonym for this

[3] Sitz des Bundesverfassungsgerichtshofes und Synonym für diesen

How to use Karlsruhe in a sentence?

Example sentences in German using Karlsruhe with translations in English.

[1] Ich bin nach Karlsruhe umgezogen.

[1] I moved to Karlsruhe

[2] In Karlsruhe gibt es natürlich auch Wald.

[2] In Karlsruhe there are of course also Walde

[3] Karlsruhe wird das Gesetz noch überprüfen müssen, weil bereits Verfassungsklage eingereicht wurde.

[3] Karlsruhe will still have to check the law because the constitutional action has already been submitted

How do you pronounce Karlsruhe?

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