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Is it der, die oder das Petra?

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 Petra?

How does the declension of Petra 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) Petra die Petras
Genitive (der Petra) Petras der Petras
Dative (der) Petra den Petras
Akkusative (die) Petra die Petras
siehe auch: Grammatik der deutschen Namen

What is the meaning of Petra in German?

Petra is defined as:

[1] Female first name

[1] weiblicher Vorname

How to use Petra in a sentence?

Example sentences in German using Petra with translations in English.

[1] „Sie zeigte diese Briefe Solveig, und auch Solveig schien von allen Jungen der Provinz begehrt zu werden, denn auch sie besaß Stapel von Briefen, die sie Petra zu lesen gab.“

[1] "She showed these letters Solveig, and Solveig also seemed to be sought after by all boys in the province, because she too had stacks of letters that she read Petra"

[1] Petra singt im Chor.

[1] Petra sings in the choir

[1] Petra und Jan haben sieben Kinder.

[1] Petra and Jan have seven children

[1] Petra spielt gern.

[1] Petra plays Gernä

[1] Petra Müller wollte uns kein Interview geben.

[1] Petra Müller didn't want to give us an interview

[1] Kennen sie den Vornamen Petra?

[1] know the first name Petraääe

How do you pronounce Petra?

Petra

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