Is it der, die oder das Marine?

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 Marine?

How does the declension of Marine 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] The armed forces of a state intended for the nautical demonstration

[2] Short for: Handels Navy, the civilian lake creature of a state

[1] Die US-amerikanische Marine (US-Navy) gehört zu den stärksten der Welt.

[1] „In einer Sammlung mit Augenzeugenberichten fand ich ein Dokument aus dem Jahr 1829, in dem es um ein amerikanisches Sklavenschiff ging, das von der britischen Marine im südlichen Atlantik aufgebracht worden war.“

[1] „Der Deutsche und der Österreichische Flotten-Verein beklagten zu jener Zeit das Ende der beiden Kaiserlichen Marinen.“

[1] „Dort hatte sich ein Expeditionskorps der Marine eingeschifft.“

[1] „Unter dem flottenbegeisterten Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1888-1918) gewann die Marine an Bedeutung, und eine große maritime Rüstungsindustrie entstand.“

[2] „Angestellte der Marine, die zu / von einer Schwimmbohrinsel reisen, welche selbständig manövrierbar ist, müssen in Besitz eines Schreibens sein, der vom Arbeitgeber oder dem Schwimmplattform-Inhaber ausgestellt wurde.“

[2] „Der Fluß bildet da eine kleine Bucht, in welcher die Marine des Stammes, fünf Palmrinde-Kanus, an Strängen von Wattap ruhig vor Anker lagen.“