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Is it der, die oder das Namibia?

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 Namibia?

How does the declension of Namibia 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) Namibia
Genitive (des Namibia) (des Namibias) Namibias
Dative (dem) Namibia
Akkusative (das) Namibia

What is the meaning of Namibia in German?

Namibia is defined as:

[1] State in western South Africa

[1] Staat im Westen Südafrikas

How to use Namibia in a sentence?

Example sentences in German using Namibia with translations in English.

[1] Für etwa 26.000 der zweieinhalb Millionen Einwohner Namibias ist Deutsch die Muttersprache.

[1] For about 26,000 of the two and a half million inhabitants of Namibia, German is the mother tongue.

[1] Windhuk ist die Hauptstadt von Namibia.

[1] Windhuk is the capital of Namibiade

[1] Das Gebiet des heutigen Namibia wird als einer der ältesten Teile der Erdkruste bezeichnet.

[1] The area of ​​today's Namibia is called one of the oldest parts of the earth's crust

[1] „Ahtisaari wurde für sein Lebenswerk als UN-Vermittler geehrt, etwa im Kosovo, aber auch in Indonesien und Namibia.“

[1] "Ahtisaari was honored for his life's work as a UN mediator, for example in Kosovo, but also in Indonesia and Namibiade"

[1] „Auch wenn die Schätzungen zu Hebungen in Afrika sehr weit auseinandergehen, gibt es doch Hinweise darauf, dass zum Beispiel das Gebirgsgebiet Namibias, welches aktuell bis über 2000 Meter hoch aufragt, in den letzten 10 Millionen Jahren um etwa 1000 Meter angehoben wurde.“

[1] “Even if the estimates for lifts in Africa differ very far, there are indications that, for example, the Namibia mountain area, which is currently upgraded up to over 2000 meters high, has been raised by about 1000 meters in the past 10 million years . "

[1] „Der starke Auftrieb im Benguelastrom macht Namibia heute zu einer der größten Fischereinationen der Welt.“

[1] "The strong buoyancy in Benguelaststrom makes Namibia one of the largest fishing reinations in the world" today "

[1] „Wie sich herausstellte, fuhr auch sie bis nach Namibia.“

[1] "As it turned out, she too drove to Namibiade"

How do you pronounce Namibia?

Namibia

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