Is it der, die oder das Kubikmeter?
DER
The correct article in German of Kubikmeter is der. So it is der Kubikmeter! (nominative case)
The word Kubikmeter is masculine, therefore the correct article is der.
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 Kubikmeter?
How does the declension of Kubikmeter 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 Kubikmeter | die Kubikmeter |
| Genitive | des Kubikmeters | der Kubikmeter |
| Dative | dem Kubikmeter | den Kubikmetern |
| Akkusative | den Kubikmeter | die Kubikmeter |
What is the meaning of Kubikmeter in German?
Kubikmeter is defined as:
[1] Room size that corresponds to the volume (space content) of a cube with a edge length of 1 meter
[1] Raummaß, das dem Volumen (Rauminhalt) eines Würfels mit 1 Meter Kantenlänge entsprichtHow to use Kubikmeter in a sentence?
Example sentences in German using Kubikmeter with translations in English.
[1] Bei der Entrümpelung kamen 10 Kubikmeter Müll zusammen, die wir nun entsorgen müssen.
[1] During clearing out, 10 cubic meters of garbage came together, which we now have to dispose of[1] „2000 Kubikmeter Rhein pro Sekunde fließen an Köln vorbei; bei Niedrigwasser um die 700, bei dem Hochwasser von 1995 wurden gar 11000 gemessen.“
[1] "2000 cubic meters of Rhine per second flow past Cologne around 700, in which floods from 1995 were even 11000 measured" "[1] „Eine gute Nachricht gibt es für alle Städte, die nur noch knapp über dem Schadstoffgrenzwert von 40 Mikrogramm Stickoxide pro Kubikmeter Luft liegen.“
[1] "There are good news for all cities that are only just above the pollutant limit of 40 micrograms nitrogen oxides per cubic meter of air"[1] „Schutt war das Einzige, was es mehr als reichlich gab in der Trümmerwelt, die der Krieg hinterlassen hatte: rund 400 Millionen Kubikmeter.“
[1] Schutt was the only thing that was more than plentiful in the rubble world that the war left: around 400 million cubic meters ""How do you pronounce Kubikmeter?
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