Is it der, die oder das Mutation?
DIE
The correct article in German of Mutation is die. So it is die Mutation! (nominative case)
The word Mutation 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.
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 Mutation?
How does the declension of Mutation 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 Mutation | die Mutationen |
| Genitive | der Mutation | der Mutationen |
| Dative | der Mutation | den Mutationen |
| Akkusative | die Mutation | die Mutationen |
What is the meaning of Mutation in German?
Mutation has various definitions in German:
[1] Biology, genetics: change in the genetic material of an organism by changing the sequence of the nucleic bases or by changing the number of chromosomes, which is not based on recombination or segregation
[1] Biologie, Genetik: Veränderung des Erbgutes eines Organismus durch Veränderung der Abfolge der Nukleinbasen oder durch Veränderung der Chromosomenzahl, die weder auf Rekombination noch auf Segregation beruht[2] Medicine: Change in the voice when entering puberty
[2] Medizin: Veränderung der Stimmlage beim Eintritt in die Pubertät[3] Regional (Switzerland), otherwise outdated: change in a state
[3] regional (Schweiz), sonst veraltet: Veränderung in einen ZustandHow to use Mutation in a sentence?
Example sentences in German using Mutation with translations in English.
[1] „Mehr als 5.000 Mutationen haben die Wissenschaftler durch eine Behandlung der Pflanzensamen mit einem chemischen Mutagen erzeugt.“
[1] "The scientists generated more than 5,000 mutations by treating plant seeds with a chemical mutagen."[1] „Viele klassische Genetiker machten aus dieser Not eine Tugend und kokettierten gerne mit dieser Ignoranz, die es ihnen erlaubte, das Gen als einen „Erbfaktor“, einen Faktor mit der mathematischen Schönheit des Abstrakten, zu betrachten … Nicht dass sich niemand Gedanken gemacht hätte über die materielle Natur der Gene. So z. B. hatte Hermann Muller … schon im Jahre 1926 die Möglichkeit erwogen, das Gen auch physisch in den Griff zu bekommen, und dazu auch einen der ersten Ansätze geliefert, indem er zeigte, daß Röntgenstrahlen Mutationen auslösen (Muller 1927).“
[1] “Many classic geneticists made a virtue out of this need and liked to flirt with this ignorance, which allowed them to look at the gen as a“ hereditary factor ”, a factor with the mathematical beauty of the abstract ... would have done about the material nature of the gene. B. Hermann Muller ... already considered in 1926 the opportunity to get the gene under physically under control, and also delivered one of the first approaches by showing that X -rays trigger mutations (Muller 1927). "[1] „Der SPD-Gesundheitsexperte Karl Lauterbach hat vor Mutationen des Coronavirus gewarnt. […] »Je mehr Ansteckungen man zulässt, desto größer ist die Wahrscheinlichkeit, dass noch gefährlichere Mutationen folgen«, sagte der SPD-Mann.“
[1] "The SPD health expert Karl Lauterbach warned of mutations of Coronavirus [...]" The more infection you allow, the greater the likelihood that even more dangerous mutations will follow, "said the SPD man."[2]
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[3]How do you pronounce Mutation?
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