Is it der, die oder das Massenmedium?

DAS

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

The word Massenmedium 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 Massenmedium?

How does the declension of Massenmedium 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 Massenmedium	die Massenmedien
Genitive	des Massenmediums	der Massenmedien
Dative	dem Massenmedium	den Massenmedien
Akkusative	das Massenmedium	die Massenmedien

What is the meaning of Massenmedium in German?

Massenmedium is defined as:

[1] Mostly plural: technically produced means of communication that serves to transmit information from a wide variety of ways to large groups of people

[1] meist Plural: technisch produziertes Kommunikationsmittel, das der Übermittlung von Informationen unterschiedlichster Art an große Gruppen von Menschen dient

How to use Massenmedium in a sentence?

Example sentences in German using Massenmedium with translations in English.

[1] „Das Radio war das erste elektronische Massenmedium.“

[1] "The radio was the first electronic mass medium"

[1] „Was wir über unsere Gesellschaft, ja über die Welt, in der wir leben, wissen, wissen wir durch die Massenmedien.“

[1] "What we know about our society, even about the world in which we live, we know through the mass media"

[1] „Dies gilt nicht nur im Hinblick auf die Massenmedien; auch andere Ursachen haben die Kommunikation weiträumiger gemacht.“

[1] "This applies not only with regard to the mass media spa also other causes have made communication spacious" "

[1] „Die Massenmedien Radio und Fernsehen führen heute zu einer weiten Verbeitung mündlicher Hochsprache, die um 1900 als Bühnenhochsprache festgelegt wurde.“

[1] "The mass media radio and television today lead to a wide range of oral high language that was set around 1900 as a stage high language"

How do you pronounce Massenmedium?

Massenmedium

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