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Is it der, die oder das Nordafrika?

The article is needed if "North Africa" ​​in a certain quality, at a certain time or period as a subject or object in the sentence, is otherwise, i.e. normally, no article is used.

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 Nordafrika?

How does the declension of Nordafrika 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) Nordafrika
Genitive (des Nordafrika) (des Nordafrikas) Nordafrikas
Dative (dem) Nordafrika
Akkusative (das) Nordafrika

What is the meaning of Nordafrika in German?

Nordafrika is defined as:

[1] The northern part of the continent Africa

[1] der nördliche Teil des Kontinents Afrika

How to use Nordafrika in a sentence?

Example sentences in German using Nordafrika with translations in English.

[1] „Als Nordafrika im weiteren geographischen Sinne bezeichnet man das Gebiet des Kontinents Afrika, das die Sahara und den nördlich, westlich und östlich davon liegenden Küstenstreifen zum Mittelmeer, zum Atlantik und zum Roten Meer bzw. zum Suez-Kanal etwa zwischen dem 19. und 38. Breitengrad und dem 13. Grad westlicher und 25. Grad östlicher Länge umfasst (Definition der Encyclopedia Britannica).“

[1] “In the further geographical sense, the area of ​​the continent of Africa is referred to, which the Sahara and the coastal strips north, west and east of it to the Mediterranean, the Atlantic and the Red Sea or the Suez Canal, for example between the 19 . and 38th latitude and the 13th degree western and 25th degree eastern length (definition of the Encyclopedia Britannica). "

[1] „Augustinus wurde im Städtchen Tagaste in Nordafrika geboren, ging aber schon mit sechzehn Jahren zum Studium nach Karthago.“

[1] "Augustine was born in the town of Tagast in North Africa, but went to Carthagoo at the age of sixteen"

[1] „In Nordafrika war die Front der Achsenmächte unter den massiven Schlägen der Alliierten zusammengebrochen.“

[1] "In North Africa, the front of the axis powers was collapsed under the massive blows of the Allied" "

[1] „Um die Interessen der mehr als 100000 europäischen Siedler in Nordafrika zu schützen, hat Paris das Land bereits 1848 zu französischem Staatsgebiet erklärt.“

[1] "In order to protect the interests of the more than 100,000 European settlers in North Africa, Paris has already declared the country into French territory in 1848"

How do you pronounce Nordafrika?

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