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Is it der, die oder das Kreta?

The article is needed if "Crete" in a certain quality, at a certain time or period as a subject or object in the sentence, is otherwise, i.e. usually, 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 Kreta?

How does the declension of Kreta 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) Kreta
Genitive (des Kreta) (des Kretas) Kretas
Dative (dem) Kreta
Akkusative (das) Kreta

What is the meaning of Kreta in German?

Kreta is defined as:

[1] Greek island in the eastern Mediterranean

[1] griechische Insel im östlichen Mittelmeer

How to use Kreta in a sentence?

Example sentences in German using Kreta with translations in English.

[1] Wer Muße für Geschichte hat, findet auf Kreta Hinterlassenschaften der Byzantiner, Venezianer, Osmanen.

[1] If you have leisure for history

[1] Die Saison ist kürzer, als sie sein könnte, was umgekehrt bedeutet, dass Kreta, das ganze Jahr über besuchbar, wieder einer der Geheimtipps Europas geworden ist.

[1] The season is shorter when it could be, which means that Crete, visiting all year round, has become one of the insider tips in Europe again

[1] Dann wären da noch die zahllosen Inseln und Inselgruppen: Hervorzuheben sind Korsika und Sizilien mit eher herbem Charme, Zypern und Kreta mit malerischem Ambiente und natürlich die Balearen mit ihrer Hauptinsel Mallorca.

[1] Then there would be the countless islands and island groups: Corsica and Sicily with a rather bitter charm, Cyprus and Crete with a picturesque ambience and of course the Balearic Islands with their main island of Mallorca

[1] „Die schon in der Antike bekannten, vor allem aus Kreta überlieferten Stierspiele […] hatten ursprünglich rituelle Bedeutung.“

[1] "The bull games known in antiquity, especially from Crete [...], originally had ritual meaning"

[1] „Schon im alten Kreta gab es Stierspiele, und spanische Kampfstiere wurden bereits im Kolosseum im späten Rom bevorzugt.“

[1] "Already in ancient Crete there were bulls, and Spanish fighting animals were already preferred in the Colosseum in late Rome"

[1] Erstmals seien dabei auch jeweils zwei von Katar und Frankreich auf Kreta stationierte Mirage-Jets zum Einsatz gekommen.

[1] For the first time, two Mirage-Jets stationed by Qatar and France were used on Crete

[1] Zwei Fähren erreichten am Donnerstag die Hafenstadt Iraklion auf der griechischen Insel Kreta – an Bord: 4600 Chinesen, 30 Thailänder und 30 EU-Bürger.

Two ferries reached the port city of Iraklion on the Greek island of Crete on Thursday-on board: 4600 Chinese, 30 Thai and 30 EU citizens

How do you pronounce Kreta?

Kreta

Pictures or photos of Kreta

[1] geografische Lage Kretas
[1] geografische Lage Kretas

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