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Is it der, die oder das Lexikon?

DAS

The correct article in German of Lexikon is das. So it is das Lexikon! (nominative case)

The word Lexikon is neuter, therefore the correct article is das.

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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 Lexikon?

How does the declension of Lexikon 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 1 Plural 2
Nominative das Lexikon die Lexika die Lexiken
Genitive des Lexikons der Lexika der Lexiken
Dative dem Lexikon den Lexika den Lexiken
Akkusative das Lexikon die Lexika die Lexiken

What is the meaning of Lexikon in German?

Lexikon has various definitions in German:

[1] Alphabetically ordered reference work

[1] alphabetisch geordnetes Nachschlagewerk

[2] colloquially, outdated: reference work for linguistic information

[2] umgangssprachlich, veraltend: Nachschlagewerk für sprachliche Informationen

[3] Linguistics: vocabulary of a language or a variety of a language

[3] Linguistik: Wortschatz einer Sprache oder einer Varietät einer Sprache

[4] Linguistics: word materials part of linguistic knowledge, in contrast to the combinatorial of the rules

[4] Linguistik: wortmaterialer Teil des sprachlichen Wissens, im Unterschied zum kombinatorischen der Regeln

How to use Lexikon in a sentence?

Example sentences in German using Lexikon with translations in English.

[1] In diesem Lexikon stehen alle Länder der Erde drin.

[1] In this lexicon, all countries of the world are located in it

[1] „Ich schlug Céline im Lexikon nach.“

[1] "I beat Celine in the Lexicon Nachä"

[3] Das Lexikon des Deutschen wächst ständig.

[3] The Lexicon of German is constantly growing

[4] „Das Lexikon wurde oben einfach als Menge von Lexikon-Einträgen beschrieben, von denen jede aus einer Matrix D von distinktiven Merkmalen und einem komplexen Symbol C besteht, wobei das letztere eine Menge von verschiedenartigen Merkmalen ist (syntaktische und semantische Merkmale, Merkmale, die gewisse Einheiten bestimmten phonologischen Regeln entziehen; usw.).“

[4] “The lexicon was simply described as a quantity of lexicon entries, each of which consists of a matrix d of distinctive characteristics and a complex symbol C, the latter being a lot of different features (syntactic and semantic characteristics, characteristics , the certain units determined by phonological rules, etc. "

How do you pronounce Lexikon?

Lexikon

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