Is it der, die oder das Löwenanteil?

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.

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 Löwenanteil?

How does the declension of Löwenanteil 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] colloquially the main part, the largest proportion

[1] Er hat sich den Löwenanteil des Geländes zum Kauf gesichert.

[1] „Bund, Land und EU übernehmen den Löwenanteil, aber auch Klosterkammer, diverse Stiftungen und Spender beteiligen sich an den Kosten.“

[1] „Denn diese Schlepper haben die Hauptarbeit zu verrichten und bekommen auch den Löwenanteil am Ergebnis dieser riesigen Wurzerei.“

[1] „Doch die Welt wird verteilt, und es sind die großen europäischen Mächte, die dabei den Löwenanteil beanspruchen.“

[1] „Allerdings bekamen die Italiener den Löwenanteil, während das spätere Jugoslawien sich mit dem wenig attraktiven Stadtteil Susak im Osten zufriedengeben musste.“

[1] „Weltweit wurden im vergangenen Jahr rund 7,4 Milliarden Tonnen Steinkohle gefördert, fast die Hälfte davon in China. Den Löwenanteil verbrauchen die fördernden Länder selbst,“ […].