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Is it der, die oder das Nomen?

DAS

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

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

A declension based on Latin is out of date . Word forms such as nomine or nominis originate from this period.

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 Nomen?

How does the declension of Nomen 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 1 Plural 2
Nominative das Nomen die Nomina die Nomen
Genitive des Nomens der Nomina der Nomen
Dative dem Nomen den Nomina den Nomen
Akkusative das Nomen die Nomina die Nomen

What is the meaning of Nomen in German?

Nomen has various definitions in German:

[1a] Linguistics: generic term for all declinable parts of speech

[1a] Linguistik: Oberbegriff aller deklinierbaren Wortarten

[1b] Linguistics: generic term for noun and adjective

[1b] Linguistik: Oberbegriff für Substantiv und Adjektiv

[2] Linguistics, younger: Synonym for noun (noun)

[2] Linguistik, jünger: Synonym zu Substantiv (Hauptwort)

How to use Nomen in a sentence?

Example sentences in German using Nomen with translations in English.

[1] Die Wörter „Auto“ und „gut" sind Nomen.

[1] The words "Auto" and "Gut" are nouns

[1b] „Unter einem Nomen (Adjektiv: nominal) verstehen wir ein Substantiv oder Adjektiv (meist ein Substantiv)…“[3]

[1b] "Under a noun (adjective: nominal) we understand a noun or adjective (mostly a noun) ..." [3]

[1] „Von dem Nomine Substantivo, oder dem Hauptworte.“ (Überschrift) [4]

[1] "From the nomine noun, or the noun." (heading) [4]

[1b] „Vom Nomine, insbesondere dem Substantivo. Ein Nomen (Nennwort) ist entweder ein Substantivum (Hauptwort) oder Adjektivum (Beywort). Ein Nomen substantivum ist die Benennung einer Person oder Sache, wo man im Deutschen der, oder die, oder das, oder ein, eine, ein vorsetzt, als homo der Mensch, terra die Erde, frumentum das Getraide, annus ein Jahr. Ist die Bennung nur Einer Person oder Sache eigen, so heißt sie ein Nomen proprium (ein eigner Name); dergleichen sind alle Vor- und Zunamen der Menschen, die Namen der Länder, Städte, Berge, Flüsse rc.“[5]

[1b] “From the noun, especially the noun. A noun (noun) is either a noun (noun) or an adjective (adjective).

[1, 2] Das Wort „Auto“ ist ein Nomen.

[1, 2] The word “car” is a noun.

[2] „Die kritischen Aussagen verweisen meistens auf die Flexion des Nomens und des Adjektivs und monieren implizit die Mißverhältnisse zwischen Formenvielfalt und Leistungen in den Bereichen Genus, Numerus und Kasus.“[6]

[2] "The critical statements mostly refer to the inflection of the noun and the adjective and implicitly criticize the imbalance between the variety of forms and performance in the areas of gender, number and case." [6]

[2] „Jedes Nomen/Substantiv hat ein Genus, ein grammatisches Geschlecht.“[7]

[2] “Every noun / noun has a gender, a grammatical gender” [7]

[2] „Dabei nehmen wir eine Beschränkung auf Nomen vor, da diese sich mit Bildvorlagen relativ leicht elizitieren lassen.“[8]

[2] "We restrict ourselves to nouns, as these can be elicited relatively easily with images ." [8]

How do you pronounce Nomen?

Nomen

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