Is it der, die or das Milieu?

DAS

Milieu

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

The word Milieu is neuter, therefore the correct article is das.

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German declension of Milieu?

How does the declension of Milieu 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 Milieu	die Milieus
Genitive	des Milieus	der Milieus
Dative	dem Milieu	den Milieus
Akkusative	das Milieu	die Milieus

What is the meaning of Milieu in German?

Milieu has various definitions in German:

[1] totality of natural and social living conditions

[1] Gesamtheit der natürlichen und sozialen Lebensverhältnisse

[2] Biology: living environment of a living being

[2] Biologie: Lebensumfeld eines Lebewesens

[3] Designing: In the environment of prostitution staff

[3] abwertend: im Umfeld des Personals der Prostitution

How to use Milieu in a sentence?

Example sentences in German using Milieu with translations in English.

[1] Der Autor hat lange unter den Fischern gelebt, um das Milieu seines Romans genau kennenzulernen.

[1] The author has lived among the fishermen for a long time to know the milieu of his novel exactly

[1] „Irgendwie hatte das neue Milieu meinen Widerstand wachgerufen.“

[1] "Somehow the new milieu had my resistance awake"

[1] „Auch von anderen seines Milieus hörte ich solche Sätze.“

[1] "I also heard such sentences from others of his milieus"

[1] Dafür haben die Forscher Daten aus den Jahren 2011 bis 2015 ausgewertet und kommen zu dem Schluss, dass die sozialien Milieus sich als weitgehend undurchlässig erweisen.

[1] For this, the researchers evaluated data from 2011 to 2015 and concluded that the socialias milieus are largely impermeable