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Is it der, die oder das Kompatibilität?

DIE

The correct article in German of Kompatibilität is die. So it is die Kompatibilität! (nominative case)

The word Kompatibilität is feminine, therefore the correct article is die.

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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 Kompatibilität?

How does the declension of Kompatibilität 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 Kompatibilität die Kompatibilitäten
Genitive der Kompatibilität der Kompatibilitäten
Dative der Kompatibilität den Kompatibilitäten
Akkusative die Kompatibilität die Kompatibilitäten

What is the meaning of Kompatibilität in German?

Kompatibilität has various definitions in German:

[1] to be compatible with the property

[1] die Eigenschaft kompatibel zu sein

[2] Linguistics: tolerability, combinability of linguistic elements in the sentence

[2] Linguistik: Verträglichkeit, Kombinierbarkeit sprachlicher Elemente im Satz

How to use Kompatibilität in a sentence?

Example sentences in German using Kompatibilität with translations in English.

[1] Bevor man die Bauteile in den Computer einbaut, sollte man auf deren Kompatibilität achten.

[1] Before building the components into the computer, you should pay attention to their compatibility

[2] „Auf semantischen Merkmalen als bedeutungskonstitutiven Elementen beruhen Kompatibilität oder Inkompatibilität lexikalischer Einheiten.“

[2] "On semantic characteristics as constitutive elements, compatibility or incompatibility of lexical units are based"

[2] „Die Kompatibilität, die in den soeben genannten Forschungsrichtungen als eine primär semantische Erscheinung gewertet wurde, muß auf der Ausdrucksseite der Sprache eine irgendwie geartete Entsprechung haben.“

[2] "The compatibility, which was considered a primary semantic appearance in the research directions just mentioned, must have a kind of appropriate correspondence on the expression side of the language"

How do you pronounce Kompatibilität?

Kompatibilität

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