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Is it der, die oder das Mittagspause?

DIE

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

The word Mittagspause 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 Mittagspause?

How does the declension of Mittagspause 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 Mittagspause die Mittagspausen
Genitive der Mittagspause der Mittagspausen
Dative der Mittagspause den Mittagspausen
Akkusative die Mittagspause die Mittagspausen

What is the meaning of Mittagspause in German?

Mittagspause is defined as:

[1] Interruption of an activity at the time of noon

[1] Unterbrechung einer Tätigkeit zur Zeit des Mittags

How to use Mittagspause in a sentence?

Example sentences in German using Mittagspause with translations in English.

[1] „Meine Mittagspause verbrachte ich mit Herrn Klein, Frau Landaus Bruder aus Ungarn.“[1]

[1] "I spent my lunch break with Mr. Klein, Ms. Landau's brother from Hungary" [1]

[1] „‚Impulse shopping‘, der Gang zur Boutique in der Mittagspause, ist still gestorben.“[2]

[1] "'Impulse Shopping', going to the boutique during lunch break, quietly died" [2]

[1] „Während der Mittagspause gab die frisch installierte Sirene Probealarm.“[3]

[1] "During the lunch break, the freshly installed siren trial alarm" [3]

[1] „Das einzige Problem war, dass der Polizeichef sich gerade in einer sehr ausgedehnten Mittagspause befand.“[4]

[1] "The only problem was that the chief of police was located in a very extensive lunch break" [4]

How do you pronounce Mittagspause?

Mittagspause

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