Is it der, die oder das Lagerstätte?

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 Lagerstätte?

How does the declension of Lagerstätte 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] Geology: Place where a raw material is located in raw materials

[2] Location for the storage of things

[3] place where you can sleep

[1] „Gerade in solchen unkonventionellen Lagerstätten vermuten einige Fachleute indes größere Potenziale.“

[1] „Mit der dampfunterstützten Schwerkraftentleerung (steam-assisted gravity drainage, SAGD) lassen sich dann 40 % der Lagerstätte ausbeuten.“

[1] „Die ersten Uranvorkommen wurden in den 1920er Jahren gefunden, größere Lagerstätten in den 1960er Jahren entdeckt und noch größere Funde in den siebziger Jahren gemacht.“

[1] „Im 19. Jahrhundert reichte der Nordrand der Lagerstätte bis nach Peru herein, der mittlere Teil lag in Bolivien und die südliche Spitze lag in Chile.“

[3] „Rasch diese aufraffend, überschiffte er nochmals den Fluß und fing, nachdem er sein kurzes Mahl gehalten, an, sich seine Lagerstätte zu bereiten.“