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Is it der, die oder das Komet?

DER

The correct article in German of Komet is der. So it is der Komet! (nominative case)

The word Komet is masculine, therefore the correct article is der.

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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 Komet?

How does the declension of Komet 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 der Komet die Kometen
Genitive des Kometen der Kometen
Dative dem Kometen den Kometen
Akkusative den Kometen die Kometen

What is the meaning of Komet in German?

Komet is defined as:

[1] Astronomy: Small celestial body, which moves around the sun on a strong elliptical path and at least in the sun -close parts of its track has a coma generated by exhaust gases

[1] Astronomie: kleiner Himmelskörper, der sich auf einer stark elliptischen Bahn um die Sonne bewegt und zumindest in den sonnennahen Teilen seiner Bahn eine durch Ausgasen erzeugte Koma aufweist

How to use Komet in a sentence?

Example sentences in German using Komet with translations in English.

[1] Im Altertum und dem Mittelalter wurden Kometen häufig als Schicksalsboten oder Zeichen der Götter angesehen.

[1] In antiquity and the Middle Ages, comets were often regarded as messengers of fate or signs of the gods

[1] „So verlosch der Komet wieder, ohne daß ihn jemand (vermutlich auch außerhalb der astronomischen Fachwelt) in seiner ganzen Schönheit gesehen hatte.“

[1] "So the comet was gone again without someone having seen it (probably also outside the astronomical world) in all his beauty"

[1] „Auch die große Dürre des Sommers 1811 wurde dem Kometen zugerechnet.“

[1] "The great drought of summer 1811 was also attributed to the comet"

[1] „Fast genau in der Mitte dieses Himmels, gerade über dem Pretschistenskij-Boulevard, stand, von unzähligen Sternen umringt und umdrängt, aber durch seine grössere Erdnähe, sein weisses Licht und seinen langen, hochaufragenden Schweif von ihnen unterschieden, der riesige, grelleuchtende Komet des Jahres 1812, der Komet, der, wie die Rede ging, alle erdenklichen Greuel und das Ende der Welt anzeigte.“

[1] "Almost exactly in the middle of this sky, especially above the Pretschistskij boulevard, stood by countless stars and avoids, but the greater, the white light and its long, high-alerting tail distinguished from them, the huge, Great -seeing comet of 1812, the comet that, as we talked, all conceivable atrocation and the end of the world showed "

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