Is it der, die oder das Kolonialzeit?
DIE
The correct article in German of Kolonialzeit is die. So it is die Kolonialzeit! (nominative case)
The word Kolonialzeit 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.
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 Kolonialzeit?
How does the declension of Kolonialzeit 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 Kolonialzeit | die Kolonialzeiten |
| Genitive | der Kolonialzeit | der Kolonialzeiten |
| Dative | der Kolonialzeit | den Kolonialzeiten |
| Akkusative | die Kolonialzeit | die Kolonialzeiten |
What is the meaning of Kolonialzeit in German?
Kolonialzeit is defined as:
[1] Period in which a country has a colony/colonies
[1] Zeitraum, in dem ein Land über eine Kolonie/Kolonien verfügtHow to use Kolonialzeit in a sentence?
Example sentences in German using Kolonialzeit with translations in English.
[1] „Daneben lebte die deutsche Kolonialzeit in einer Vielzahl (auto-)biographischer, dokumentarischer sowie literarischer Schriften fort, welche die Vergangenheit verklärten und die kolonialen Akteure zu übermenschlichen Helden mythisierten.“
[1] "In addition, the German colonial era lived in a variety of (auto) biographical, documentary and literary writings, which transfigured the past and the colonial actors into superhuman heroes" mythized people "[1] „Vor rund hundert Jahren, während und nach der deutschen Kolonialzeit, entwickelte sich im heutigen Papua-Neuguinea ein Deutsch, das sonst nirgends auf der Welt gesprochen wurde: das sogenannte Unserdeutsch.“
[1] "Around a hundred years ago, during and after the German colonial era, today's Papua new guinea developed a German that was not spoken anywhere else in the world: the so-called our German"[1] „Dennoch leidet der Kontinent weiterhin unter der Tatsache, dass wie in der Kolonialzeit Konzerne aus dem globalen Norden aufgrund internationaler Regularien große Wettbewerbsvorteile genießen.“
[1] "Nevertheless, the continent continues to suffer from the fact that, as in the colonial period, corporations from the global north enjoy large competitive advantages due to international regulations"[1] „Durch eine starke Betonung ökonomisch und politisch bedingter Gesichtspunkte ist in der Forschung über Afrika die kulturelle Dimension der Kolonialzeit relativ stark vernachlässigt worden.“
[1] "The cultural dimension of the colonial period has been relatively neglected in research on Africa through a strong emphasis on Africa"How do you pronounce Kolonialzeit?
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