Is it der, die oder das Kohlekraftwerk?

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 Kohlekraftwerk?

How does the declension of Kohlekraftwerk 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] Energy: power plant that uses coal for energy generation

[1] „Und Vattenfall unternimmt in Brandenburg den Versuch zu demonstrieren, dass ein Kohlekraftwerk mit CO2-Abscheidung möglich ist.“

[1] „Einem Ausbau von Kohlekraftwerken steht er nicht nur aus klimapolitischen Gründen äußerst skeptisch gegenüber.“

[1] „Immer noch planen 34 Länder weltweit neue Kohlekraftwerke.“

[1] „In NRW stehen 52 und damit deutschlandweit die meisten Kohlekraftwerke.“

[1] „Moderne Gaskraftwerke emittieren weniger CO₂ als Kohlekraftwerke.“

[1] [Gasembargo:] „RWE will im kommenden Winter mit Kohlekraftwerken bereitstehen, falls nicht mehr genug Strom aus Gas erzeugt werden kann.“

[1] „Kohlekraftwerke sind flexibler als Atomkraftwerke, aber bei weitem nicht in dem Maße wie Gaskraftwerke.“