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Is it der, die oder das Opposition?

DIE

The correct article in German of Opposition is die. So it is die Opposition! (nominative case)

The word Opposition 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.

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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 Opposition?

How does the declension of Opposition 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 Opposition die Oppositionen
Genitive der Opposition der Oppositionen
Dative der Opposition den Oppositionen
Akkusative die Opposition die Oppositionen

What is the meaning of Opposition in German?

Opposition has various definitions in German:

[1] Politics: Early party or formation of a government

[1] Politik: gegenspielende Partei oder Formation einer Regierung

[2] Group with the opposite or opposite opinion

[2] Gruppe mit gegenteiliger oder gegenspielender Meinung

[3] Astronomy: The position of a planet that is precisely opposite in the sky

[3] Astronomie: der Sonne am Himmel genau gegenüberstehende Lage eines Planeten

[4] opposite (especially political) opinion or attitude

[4] entgegengesetzte (besonders politische) Meinung oder Haltung

[5] Chess: A certain position of the opposing kings together

[5] Schach: eine bestimmte Stellung der gegnerischen Könige zueinander

[6] Linguistics: Relationship between linguistic units that can be exchanged in a word or sentence against each other without this becoming grammatically wrong, but the meaning changes

[6] Linguistik: Beziehung zwischen sprachlichen Einheiten, die man in einem Wort oder Satz gegeneinander austauschen kann, ohne dass diese dadurch grammatisch falsch werden, sich aber die Bedeutung ändert

How to use Opposition in a sentence?

Example sentences in German using Opposition with translations in English.

[1] Die CDU/CSU (Union) ist in der Legislaturperiode 2002-2005 die Opposition der SPD/Grünen gewesen.

[1] The CDU/CSU (Union) was the opposition of the SPD/Greens in the 2002-2005 legislative period 2002-2005

[1] „Die Opposition reagierte natürlich empört, zumal Schröder Steuererhöhungen vor der Wahl kategorisch ausgeschlossen hatte.“

[1] "Of course, the opposition reacted outraged, especially since Schröder had categorically excluded tax increases before the election"

[2] Es gibt eine kleine innerbetriebliche Opposition, die aber die Entscheidung nicht verhindern kann.

[2] There is a small internal opposition, which cannot prevent the decision

[3] Ein Planet in Opposition ist die ganze Nacht über zu sehen.

[3] A planet in opposition is over to see all night to see

[4] In der Pubertät geriet er seinen Eltern gegenüber in Opposition, was die Frage der Lebensführung anbelangte.

[4] During puberty, he got into opposition to his parents, which was concerned with the question of lifestyle

[4] „Zum Staatsstreich fehlte den herrschenden Eliten die Kraft, während das liberale Bürgertum zwischen Anpassung und Opposition pendelte und die Arbeiterbewegung trotz wachsendem Zulauf politisch weitgehend ghettoisiert blieb.“

[4] "The ruling elites lacked the strength to the state coup, while the liberal bourgeoisie commuted between adaptation and opposition and the workers' movement, despite the growing inflow, was largely politically largely ghabettoed"

[4] „Angemessener erscheint es uns, den politischen Witz als eine Art gedanklicher Opposition und geistigen Widerstands zu bezeichnen.“

[4] "It seems to us to describe the political joke as a kind of intellectual opposition and intellectual resistance"

[5] In Bauernendspielen ist es oft wichtig, die Opposition zu haben.

[5] In farmers' playing it is often important to have the opposition

[6] Opposition und Kontrast sind wichtige Begriffe der strukturalistischen Linguistik für zwei Arten von Beziehungen zwischen sprachlichen Einheiten.

[6] Opposition and contrast are important terms of structuralist linguistics for two types of relationships between linguistic units

[6] Wenn man zum Beispiel das Wortpaar (= Minimalpaar) "Bett" und "Fett" ansieht, so stehen die Laute [b] und [f] in Opposition zueinander und gehören daher zu verschiedenen Phonemen: Wenn man sie gegeneinander austauscht, erhält man verschiedene Wörter.

[6] If, for example, the word couple (= minimum couple) look at "bed" and "fat", the loud [b] and [f] are in opposition to each other and therefore belong to different phonemes: If you replace them, get them you different words

[6] „Komplementär distribuierte Phone sind immer Allophone eines Phonems, weil logisch ausgeschlossen ist, daß diese Phone in Opposition stehen können, also gegenseitig bedeutungsdifferenzierend sind.“

[6] "Complementary distributed phones are always allophones of a phonema, because it is logical that this phone can be in opposition, so they are differentiating each other"

How do you pronounce Opposition?

Opposition

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