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Is it der, die oder das Ländle?

DAS

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

The word Ländle 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 Ländle?

How does the declension of Ländle 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 das Ländle
Genitive des Ländle des Ländles
Dative dem Ländle
Akkusative das Ländle

What is the meaning of Ländle in German?

Ländle has various definitions in German:

[1] colloquially, joking: the state of Baden-Württemberg (the Swabian landscape)

[1] umgangssprachlich, scherzhaft: das Bundesland Baden-Württemberg (die Landschaft Schwaben)

[2] Austrian, landscape, joking: the state of Vorarlberg

[2] österreichisch, landschaftlich, scherzhaft: das Bundesland Vorarlberg

How to use Ländle in a sentence?

Example sentences in German using Ländle with translations in English.

[1] „Am 27. November, neun Monate nach der Landtagswahl, hat der Bürger bei der ersten Volksabstimmung im Ländle die Dauerdiskussion um das Bahnprojekt Stuttgart 21 nun mit der ihm eigenen Souveränität für beendet erklärt.“

[1] "On November 27th, nine months after the state election, the citizen has now declared the permanent discussion about the Stuttgart 21 rail project with the sovereignty of his own sovereignty at the first referendum in the Ländle."

[1] „Bevor in Japan die Reaktoren schmolzen, bevor der Anti-Atom-Widerstand unvorstellbar angetrieben wurde, waren die Grünen im Ländle in Umfragen auf gerade einmal 15 Prozent abgesackt, trotz des Unmuts über Stuttgart 21 Ministerpräsident Stefan Mappus (CDU).“

[1] "Before the reactors melted in Japan, before the anti-atom resistance was driven unimaginably, the Greens in Ländle were sagged to just 15 percent in surveys, despite the trouble about Stuttgart 21 Prime Minister Stefan Mappus (CDU) Ä"

[2] „Auch im Ländle schlug sich der Bundestrend im Wahlergebnis nieder: So stürzt die ÖVP auf einen historischen Tiefststand von 31 Prozent. Das bedeutet in Vorarlberg ein Minus von fast elf Prozentpunkten im Vergleich zu den Nationalratswahlen 2006.“

[2] "The national trend was also reflected in the election result in the country: the ÖVP falls to a historical low of 31 percent. This means a minus of almost eleven percentage points compared to the National Council elections in Vorarlberg."

[2] „Vorarlberg will weiter in jeder Gemeinde mindestens eine Volksschule beibehalten. Im kommenden Schuljahr 2009/10 gibt es im Ländle 64 Grundschulen mit jahrgangsübergreifenden Klassen, 22 davon sind einklassig geführte Kleinstschulen mit bis zu 20 Kindern.“

[2] "Vorarlberg wants to continue in every municipality at least one elementary school in the coming school year 2009/10 there will be 64 primary schools with cross -year classes, 22 of which are classified small schools with up to 20 children."

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