Is it der, die oder das Pick-up?

DER

The correct article in German of Pick-up is der. So it is der Pick-up! (nominative case)

The word Pick-up is masculine, therefore the correct article is der.

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 Pick-up?

How does the declension of Pick-up 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	der Pick-up	die Pick-ups
Genitive	des Pick-ups	der Pick-ups
Dative	dem Pick-up	den Pick-ups
Akkusative	den Pick-up	die Pick-ups

What is the meaning of Pick-up in German?

Pick-up is defined as:

[1] Small platform truck

[1] kleiner Pritschenwagen

How to use Pick-up in a sentence?

Example sentences in German using Pick-up with translations in English.

[1] Der Pick-up war ziemlich neu, stand aber auf platten Reifen und schien seit Wochen nicht mehr bewegt worden zu sein.

[1] The pick-up was pretty new, but stood on slabs tires and seemed to be moving for weeks

[1] „Wir stiegen in einen Pick-up ohne Scheiben.“

[1] "We got into a pick-up without a window"

[1] „Als wir mit laut heulender Motorbremse vorsichtig ins Niltal rollen, sehen wir am rechten Straßenrand einen roten Toyota Pick-up.“

[1] "When we roll carefully into the Niltal with the howling engine brake, we see a red Toyota Pick-Upether on the right side of the road"

[1] „Etwa 15 Minuten später fuhr ein Pick-up vor, und die Männer im Wagen wiesen uns an, ihnen zu folgen.“

[1] "About 15 minutes later a pick-up drove up, and the men in the car pointed out to us to follow them"

[1] „Pick-ups waren mit Obst und Gemüse beladen.“

[1] "Pick-ups were loaded with fruit and vegetables"

How do you pronounce Pick-up?

Pick-up

Pictures or photos of Pick-up

[1] Pick-up

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