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Is it der, die oder das Link?

DER

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

The word Link 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 Link?

How does the declension of Link 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 Link die Links
Genitive des Links der Links
Dative dem Link den Links
Akkusative den Link die Links

What is the meaning of Link in German?

Link has various definitions in German:

[1] EDP: A marked string that forwards them to a corresponding goal when activated by clicking

[1] EDV: eine gekennzeichnete Zeichenfolge, die bei Aktivierung durch Anklicken zu einem entsprechenden Ziel weiterleitet

[1a] Briefly for: Hyperlink, reference from a web document to another, or to another point in the same data unit

[1a] fachsprachlich kurz für: Hyperlink, Verweis von einem Webdokument zu einem anderen, oder zu einer anderen Stelle der gleichen Dateneinheit

[1b] colloquially the goal of such a reference [1a]: URL, Internet address of a website

[1b] umgangssprachlich das Ziel eines solchen Verweises [1a]: URL, Internetadresse einer Webseite

[2] Communication technology: A connection between computers (or generally computer -controlled devices/machines) in a computer network (or network)

[2] Kommunikationstechnik: eine Verbindung zwischen Rechnern (oder allgemein rechnergesteuerte Geräte/Maschinen) in einem Rechnernetz (oder Netzwerk)

[3] Octed: Anglo -American length, 1 link = 20.12 cm

[3] veraltet: angloamerikanisches Längenmaß, 1 link = 20,12 cm

How to use Link in a sentence?

Example sentences in German using Link with translations in English.

[1a] Du musst auf diesen Link klicken, um die dazugehörige Web-Seite aufzurufen.

[1a] You have to click on this link to call up the associated website

[1b] Schick mir doch den Link via E-Mail - danke!

[1b] Send me the link via email - thank you

[2] AWACS und Tornado kommunizieren über den Link 16 miteinander.

[2] Awacs and Tornado communicate together via the link 16

[2] Zu diesem Zweck werden sogenannte USB-Link-Kabel angeboten.

[2] For this purpose, so-called USB-Link cables are offered

[3] Link war ein in der Landvermessung verwendetes Längenmaß.

[3] Link was a length measure used in the land survey

How do you pronounce Link?

Link

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