Is it der, die oder das Kurs?

DER

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

The word Kurs 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.

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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 Kurs?

How does the declension of Kurs 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 Kurs	die Kurse
Genitive	des Kurses	der Kurse
Dative	dem Kurs dem Kurse	den Kursen
Akkusative	den Kurs	die Kurse

What is the meaning of Kurs in German?

Kurs has various definitions in German:

[1] a taken, prescribed or recorded direction of a person, a vehicle, an airplane or a ship

[1] eine eingeschlagene, vorgeschriebene oder aufgezeichnete Richtung einer Person, eines Fahrzeuges, eines Flugzeugs oder eines Schiffes

[1a] figurative, politics, economy: direction determined according to certain principles, general line

[1a] figurativ, Politik, Wirtschaft: nach bestimmten Prinzipien festgelegte Richtung, Generallinie

[2] Education: a course, an educational event, a section or module of such an event

[2] Ausbildung: eine Lehrveranstaltung, eine Bildungsveranstaltung, ein Abschnitt oder Modul einer solchen Veranstaltung

[3] Finance: the trading price of a security

[3] Finanzwesen: Handelspreis eines Wertpapieres

[4] Finance: the relationship between the value of currencies

[4] Finanzwesen: Wertverhältnis von Währungen

[5] Finance: value of a means of payment in a transaction

[5] Finanzwesen: Wert eines Zahlungsmittels in einer Transaktion

How to use Kurs in a sentence?

Example sentences in German using Kurs with translations in English.

[1] Kurs Südsüdost liegt an.

[1] Course south-south-east is an.

[1] Der 360-Grad-Kurs führte durch den Wald.

[1] The 360-degree course led through the forest.

[1] „Die ›Exitus‹ verändert jede Nacht ihren Kurs.“[5]

[1] "The› Exitus ‹changes course every night." [5]

[1] „Cook drehte nach Westen ab und hielt diesen Kurs ungefähr einen Monat lang, wobei außer Seehunden und Albatrossen wenig gesichtet wurde.“[6]

[1] "Cook turned west and held this course for about a month, with few other seals and albatrosses being sighted." [6]

[1a] Japans Zentralbank hält vorerst an ihrem geldpolitischen Kurs [des Ankaufs von Staatsanleihen und riskantere Wertpapiere in großem Stil] fest.[7]

[1a] Japan's central bank is sticking to its monetary policy course [of buying government bonds and riskier securities on a large scale] for the time being . [7]

[1a] „Auch beim Thema Flüchtlingspolitik scheint der Kurs offener als je zuvor.“[8]

[1a] "When it comes to refugee policy, too, the course seems more open than ever before ." [8]

[2] „In der Literatur bisher weniger beachtet wurden die in den siebziger Jahren entwickelten Curricula […] zu einem mehrperspektivischen Unterricht […], in denen Lernen in Projekten und Kursen das grundlegende Vermittlungsverfahren ist.“[9]

[2] "In the literature so far less attention has been paid to the curricula developed in the 1970s [...] for multi-perspective teaching [...] in which learning in projects and courses is the basic communication process." [9]

[2] Der HTML-Kurs ist online abrufbar.

[2] The HTML course is available online .

[2] Dieser Kurs findet in Haus 13 statt.

[2] This course takes place in building 13.

[2] Hier sind wir mit 20 Leuten im Kurs und nicht mit 700 im Hörsaal der Uni.

[2] Here we are with 20 people in the course and not with 700 in the university lecture hall

[2] Im Kurs der "Speedstudents" sitze ich zwischen 30 Stundenten; jeder liest ein Buch seiner Wahl.[10]

[2] In the "Speedstudents" course I sit between 30 students; everyone reads a book of their choice. [10]

[2] Der kostenlose Online-Sprachkurs Deutsch Interaktiv richtet sich an Deutschlerner der Niveaustufen A1 bis B1 des Europäischen Referenzrahmens.[11]

[2] The free online language course Deutsch Interaktiv is aimed at German learners from levels A1 to B1 of the European Framework of Reference . [11]

[3] Die Kurse sind wieder gefallen.

[3] Prices have fallen again.

[4] Der aktuelle Kurs ist 1 zu 1,33.

[4] The current rate is 1 to 1.33.

[5] Dieser Kurs ist freibleibend.

[5] This course is subject to change.