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Is it der, die oder das Lokomotive?

DIE

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

The word Lokomotive 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 Lokomotive?

How does the declension of Lokomotive 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 Lokomotive die Lokomotiven
Genitive der Lokomotive der Lokomotiven
Dative der Lokomotive den Lokomotiven
Akkusative die Lokomotive die Lokomotiven

What is the meaning of Lokomotive in German?

Lokomotive is defined as:

[1] Drive module of a train, tractor for goods or passenger cars

[1] Antriebsmodul eines Zuges, Zugmaschine für Güter- oder Personenwagen

How to use Lokomotive in a sentence?

Example sentences in German using Lokomotive with translations in English.

[1] Dieser Zug hat aus Sicherheitsgründen sogar zwei Lokomotiven.

For safety reasons, this train even has two locomotive

[1] „Kommerzienrat Mahlhuber trank sein Bier aus bis auf die Nagelprobe, sprang aber gleich darauf, als die Lokomotive einen kleinen Pfiff tat, erschrocken in das Coupé zurück, solche Angst hatte er, dagelassen zu werden.“

[1] "Commercial Council Mahlhuber drank his beer except for the nail sample, but jumped back into the coupé when the locomotive did a little whistle, he was so scared, he was so scared.

[1] „Wir fahren an stehenden Lokomotiven vorbei.“

[1] "We drive past standing locomotives"

[1] „Die Lokomotive ist da.“

[1] "The locomotive is there"

[1] „Die Lokomotive schnaubt mühsam von Bahnstation zu Bahnstation.“

[1] "The locomotive snorted from a train station to Bahnstationä".

How do you pronounce Lokomotive?

Lokomotive
Lokomotive

Pictures or photos of Lokomotive

[1] Diesellokomotive
[1] Diesellokomotive

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