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Is it der, die oder das Leerstelle?

DIE

The correct article in German of Leerstelle is die. So it is die Leerstelle! (nominative case)

The word Leerstelle is feminine, therefore the correct article is die.

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 Leerstelle?

How does the declension of Leerstelle 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 die Leerstelle die Leerstellen
Genitive der Leerstelle der Leerstellen
Dative der Leerstelle den Leerstellen
Akkusative die Leerstelle die Leerstellen

What is the meaning of Leerstelle in German?

Leerstelle has various definitions in German:

[1] vacant function/position

[1] unbesetzte Funktion/Position

[2] Linguistics: Linguistic unity that is required/enabled in the sentence by another linguistic unit

[2] Linguistik: sprachliche Einheit, die im Satz von einer anderen sprachlichen Einheit gefordert/ermöglicht wird

[3] Linguistics, specifically writing: space between characters

[3] Linguistik, speziell Schrift: Zwischenraum zwischen Schriftzeichen

How to use Leerstelle in a sentence?

Example sentences in German using Leerstelle with translations in English.

[1] „(1) Das zuständige Ministerium wird ermächtigt, Leerstellen mit dem Vermerk »künftig wegfallend« auszubringen für 1. Beamtinnen und Beamte, Richterinnen und Richter, die unter Wegfall der Dienstbezüge bei einem anderen Dienstherrn verwendet werden,…“

[1] "(1) The responsible ministry is authorized to make empty spaces with the note" in the future "for 1A civil servants, judges who are used by another employer when the employment payments were made, ..."

[1] „Man sieht sie vor sich an diesen Orten, man sieht die Leerstelle dort, wo man selbst war, man sieht die Frau so, wie sie war, als man sie noch hatte, nur ist sie jetzt mit dem Fünfundzwanzigjährigen zusammen, der man nicht mehr ist.“

[1] “You can see them in front of you in these places, you can see the empty space where you were, you can see the woman as she was when she was still she is now with the twenty -five year old you no longer "

[1] „Es ist wie eineLeerstelle im Gedächtnis, für die jeder die eigenen Worte finden muss.“

[1] "It is like one -time position in memory, for which everyone has to find their own words"

[1] „Bis heute hoffe ich, dass sie vielleicht den eigentlichen Zusammenprall verpasst hat und es ihre Sehnsucht nach gesteigerter Dramatik war, die die Leerstellen im Nachhinein gefüllt hat.“

[1] "To this day, I hope that it may have missed the actual clash and that it was her longing for increased drama, which has filled the empty spaces afterwards"

[2] „Die Valenztheorie besagt, dass es im Satz ein bestimmendes Element gibt, das Verb, das die Fähigkeit besitzt, Leerstellen zu eröffnen.“

[2] "Valence theory says that there is a defining element in the sentence, the verb that has the ability to open empty spaces"

[3] Im Deutschen und vielen anderen Sprachen werden in der geschriebenen Sprache die Wörter in der Regel durch Leerstellen voneinander abgesetzt.

[3] In German and many other languages, the words are usually set out in the written language by empty spaces

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