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Is it der, die oder das Milliarde?

DIE

The correct article in German of Milliarde is die. So it is die Milliarde! (nominative case)

The word Milliarde is feminine, therefore the correct article is die.

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.

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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 Milliarde?

How does the declension of Milliarde 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 die Milliarde die Milliarden
Genitive der Milliarde der Milliarden
Dative der Milliarde den Milliarden
Akkusative die Milliarde die Milliarden

What is the meaning of Milliarde in German?

Milliarde is defined as:

[1] Thousands of millions (1000 million, 109), the third potency of 1000: 1000 × 1000 × 1000, advertised 1,000,000,000

[1] tausend Millionen (1000 Millionen, 109), die dritte Potenz von 1000: 1000 × 1000 × 1000, ausgeschrieben 1.000.000.000

How to use Milliarde in a sentence?

Example sentences in German using Milliarde with translations in English.

[1] „Die Weltbevölkerung umfasste im April 2007 rund 6,6 Milliarden Menschen und wird bei einem Wachstum von 78 Millionen pro Jahr bis Juli 2008 etwa 6,7 Milliarden erreichen“.

[1] "The world population comprised around 6.6 billion people in April 2007 and will reach around 6.7 billion a year with growth of 78 million per year until July 2008"

[1] Er hat einen Milliarden-Konzern aufgebaut.

[1] He has built up a billion dollar group

[1] „Während der vergangenen 3,7 Milliarden Jahre haben sich die Lebewesen überall auf der Welt ausgebreitet.“

[1] "Over the past 3.7 billion years, living things have spread all over the world"

[1] „Vor dem Hintergrund des kürzlich großangelegten Konzernumbaus sollen 11.600 Stellen gestrichen werden, um die Kosten um eine Milliarde zu senken."

[1] "Against the background of the recently large -scale group renovation, 11 people are to be deleted to reduce the costs by one billion."

How do you pronounce Milliarde?

Milliarde
Milliarde (Österreich)

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