Is it der, die oder das Passiv?

DAS

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

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

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 Passiv?

How does the declension of Passiv 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 Passiv	die Passive
Genitive	des Passivs	der Passive
Dative	dem Passiv	den Passiven
Akkusative	das Passiv	die Passive

What is the meaning of Passiv in German?

Passiv has various definitions in German:

[1] Linguistics: one of the two diatheses, a genus verbi, suffering

[1] Linguistik: eine der beiden Diathesen, ein Genus verbi, Leideform

[2] Economy: The liabilities side of an accounting balance sheet

[2] Wirtschaft: die Passivseite einer buchhalterischen Bilanz

How to use Passiv in a sentence?

Example sentences in German using Passiv with translations in English.

[1] Im Beispiel „ich werde getötet“ ist ‚werde getötet’ Passiv.

[1] In the example "I am killed", 'will be killed' passive

[1] „In der Schriftsprache der deutschen Gegenwartssprache sind Aktiv und Passiv sehr ungleich verteilt.“

[1] "In the written language of the German contemporary language, active and passively very uneven are distributed"

[1] „Nie hatte Alf jemals eine Frage über den Lehrplan gestellt - sie wußten bereits vieles, was er nicht wußte, er war nie zusammengekommen mit Aktiv und Passiv, Konditional und Gerundium, mit dem lateinischen Ablativus absolutus.“

[1] "Alf had never ever asked a question about the curriculum - they already knew a lot that he didn't know, he had never come together with active and passive, conditional and gerundium, with the Latin Ablative Absolutus" "

[1] „Beim Passiv wird normalerweise nicht gesagt, wer es tut.“

[1] "Passive does not usually say who Tutä"

[1] „Aus diesen Annahmen ergibt sich, daß Passiv schwieriger als Aktiv ist, semantische Reversibilität schwieriger als Irreversibilität.“

[1] "From these assumptions it follows that passively is more difficult than active, semantic reversibility is more difficult than irreversibility" "

How do you pronounce Passiv?

Passiv

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