Is it der, die or das Mittelalter?

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Mittelalter

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

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

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German declension of Mittelalter?

How does the declension of Mittelalter 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 Mittelalter	—
Genitive	des Mittelalters	—
Dative	dem Mittelalter	—
Akkusative	das Mittelalter	—

What is the meaning of Mittelalter in German?

Mittelalter is defined as:

[1] History, General: Middle Epoch in History

[1] Geschichte, allgemein: mittlere Epoche in der Geschichte

[a] Epoch in European history between antiquity and modern times, the Christian, antiquity and Celtic, Germanic and Slavic developments bring together

[a] Epoche in der europäischen Geschichte zwischen der Antike und der Neuzeit, die christliche, antike und keltische, germanische und slawische Entwicklungen zusammenführt

[b] Epoch in Japanese history, which extends from Caä 1200 to around 1600 and distinguishes it by a strong dominance of Buddhism and feudalism

[b] Epoche in der japanischen Geschichte, die sich von ca. 1200 bis ca. 1600 erstreckt und durch eine starke Dominanz des Buddhismus und des Feudalismus auszeichnet

How to use Mittelalter in a sentence?

Example sentences in German using Mittelalter with translations in English.

[1] Im Geschichtsunterricht befassen wir uns gerade mit dem Mittelalter.

[1] In history lessons, we are currently dealing with the Middle Ages

[1a] „Im Mittelalter waren Pfründen mit einem kirchlichen Amt verbundene Einnahmen.“

[1a] "In the Middle Ages, benefits were associated with a church office"

[1a] „Natürlich sind wir uns der immensen Kluft bewusst, die uns in technologischer Hinsicht vom Mittelalter trennt.“

[1a] "Of course we are aware of the immense gap that separates us from the Middle Ages in a technological point of view"

[1a] „Die Übernahme lateinischen Wortgutes wird durch das Mittelalter fortgesetzt.“

[1a] "The takeover of Latin word goods is continued by the Middle Ages"

[1a] „Cividale hat Glück gehabt, dass es im Mittelalter in relative Bedeutungslosigkeit versank.“

[1a] "Cividale was lucky that it was relatively insignificant in the Middle Ages"

[1] „Das Mittelalter verwandelte die Landschaft um der Burgen und Mauern, der Wehr- und Wachttürme willen, die in den Anschauungen, im Leben der Menschen eine so große Rolle spielten, in einen Aufbau von Bastionen, die die Natur ihm zuliebe gleichsam anbot und ausgebildet hatte.“

[1] “The Middle Ages converted the landscape around the castles and walls, the military and watch towers, which played such a big role in the views, in the life of people, into a structure of bastions that offer nature for it, as it were and had trained "