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Is it der, die oder das Position?

DIE

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

The word Position 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 Position?

How does the declension of Position 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 Position die Positionen
Genitive der Position der Positionen
Dative der Position den Positionen
Akkusative die Position die Positionen

What is the meaning of Position in German?

Position has various definitions in German:

[1] Location, location

[1] Ort, Standort

[2] opinion

[2] Meinung

[3] position, location

[3] Stellung, Lage

[4] employment, professional position

[4] Anstellung, berufliche Stellung

How to use Position in a sentence?

Example sentences in German using Position with translations in English.

[1] Wir hatten keine gute Position, um das Geschehen wirklich verfolgen zu können.

[1] We didn't have a good position to really follow the action

[1] Unsere Position war 2 Meilen südlich der Hauptinsel.

[1] Our position was 2 miles south of the main island

[1] „In schmucken Uniformen standen die Regimenter auf den vorgesehenen Positionen, aufgestellt wie zu einer Parade.“

[1] "In pretty uniforms, the regiments stood in the intended positions, set up like a parade" "

[1] „Als Jermolow, von Kutusow zur Besichtigung der Position ausgeschickt, dem Feldmarschall sagte, an eine Schlacht unter den Mauern von Moskau sei in dieser Position nicht zu denken und man müsse über Moskau hinaus zurückgehen, da sah Kutusow ihn eine Weile schweigend an.“

[1] “As Jermolow, sent from Kutusow to visit the position, the field marshal said that a battle among the walls of Moscow was out of the question in this position and one had to go beyond Moscow, Kutusow looked at him in silence for a while . "

[2] Seine Position ist aus meiner Sicht nicht akzeptabel.

[2] In my view, his position is not acceptable

[2] Red doch nicht um den heißen Brei! Kannst du nicht einmal Position beziehen?

[2] Not talking about the hot porridge you can't even move into a position

[2] „[…] die deutsche Politik hat sich in den vergangenen Jahren auf beunruhigende Weise verändert. Parteien der Mitte teilen beispielsweise mit der AfD Positionen zur Migration.“

[2] "[...] German politics has changed in a disturbing manner in the past few years, for example, with the AfD positions on migration."

[3] Unsere Position ist nicht besser als die unserer Mitbewerber.

[3] Our position is no better than that of our competitor

[3] Das ist schon eine schwierige Position, wenn man so wie Sie zwischen den Fronten steht und vermitteln will.

[3] This is a difficult position if you stand and mediate like it between the fronts

[3] Das hier ist eine strategisch sehr günstige Position.

[3] This is a strategically very cheap position

[4] Er hat nach langer Suche endlich eine gut bezahlte Position gefunden.

[4] After a long search, he finally found a well -paid position

[4] Mein Sohn ist jetzt in leitender Position.

[4] My son is now in a leading position

How do you pronounce Position?

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