Is it der, die oder das Metier?
DAS
The correct article in German of Metier is das. So it is das Metier! (nominative case)
The word Metier is neuter, therefore the correct article is das.
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 Metier?
How does the declension of Metier 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 Metier | die Metiers |
| Genitive | des Metiers | der Metiers |
| Dative | dem Metier | den Metiers |
| Akkusative | das Metier | die Metiers |
What is the meaning of Metier in German?
Metier is defined as:
[1] Work area that someone has learned
[1] Arbeitsbereich, den jemand erlernt hatHow to use Metier in a sentence?
Example sentences in German using Metier with translations in English.
[1] In seinem Metier kennt er sich aus.
[1] He knows himself in his profession[1] „Und weil seit dem Mittelalter lange Zeit nur Juden solche Geschäfte ausüben durften, vom Handel und vom Handwerk ferngehalten wurden, lieferte das Metier auch gängige Vorwände für Antisemitismus.“
[1] "And because since the Middle Ages only Jews have been able to do such business for a long time, were kept away from trade and craft, the profession also provided common preliminaries for anti -Semitism"[1] „Das waren die Augenblicke, in denen ich unwiderruflich begriff, dass ich für dieses Metier nicht taugte.“
[1] "These were the moments in which I was irrevocably understood that I was not a good for this profession"[1] „Winnie, die Fotografin, hatte die Bewegungen ihres Metiers angenommen, ein klein wenig lässig, doch stets mit dem Ruch des klug Arrangierten.“
[1] "Winnie, the photographer, had accepted the movements of her profession, a slightly casual, but always with the cleverly arrangede" "How do you pronounce Metier?
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