Is it der, die oder das Kreuzweg?

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 Kreuzweg?

How does the declension of Kreuzweg 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] Actually and figurative: the intersection of different ways in one area the place where different paths fork are forks

[2] A way in Jerusalemeäne part of Via Dolorosa

[3] Christianity: The suffering of Jesaes the way that Jesus went to Golgatha as his passion

[4] Christianity, especially Catholicism and Anglican Church: a (traditionally divided in 14 stations) prayer for Lent in which the prayer of the suffering and death of Christ intends

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[3, 4] „In den beiden MISEREOR-Kreuzwegen verbindet sich das Leiden der hungernden Menschen mit dem Kreuzweg Jesu.“

[4] „Vielen Menschen in unserer evangelischen Gemeinde noch unbekannt, liegt an einem Wanderweg oberhalb des Kürtener Waldfriedhofs ein moderner Kreuzweg. Gestaltet vom Franziskanerpater Leo Jahn auf Betreiben des ehemaligen Pfarrers der St. Johannes Baptist Gemeinde in Kürten, Heinz Kramm, stellt dieser Kreuzweg eine eindrückliche Aktualisierung des Leidensweges Christus für unsere Zeit dar. […] Darum möchte ich Sie einladen, sich einmal dieser katholischen Tradition des Kreuzweges anzunähern.“