Is it der, die oder das Postverkehr?

DER

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

The word Postverkehr 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 Postverkehr?

How does the declension of Postverkehr 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 Postverkehr	—
Genitive	des Postverkehres des Postverkehrs	—
Dative	dem Postverkehr dem Postverkehre	—
Akkusative	den Postverkehr	—

What is the meaning of Postverkehr in German?

Postverkehr is defined as:

[1] entirety of all services that serve the transport of postgut

[1] Gesamtheit aller Leistungen, die der Beförderung von Postgut dienen

How to use Postverkehr in a sentence?

Example sentences in German using Postverkehr with translations in English.

[1] „Nach Einrichtung des Weltpostvereins und seines Standardportos verzeichnet der überseeische Postverkehr ebenso wie die Postdienste der beteiligten Länder gänzlich unerwartete Zuwachsraten.“

[1] "According to the establishment of the World Post Affairs and its standard port, overseas postal traffic as well as the postal services of the countries involved lists completely unexpected growth rate"

[1] „Anfang Oktober wurde der Postverkehr zwischen dem sowjetisch besetzen Teil Deutschlands und den drei Westzonen wiederaufgenommen.“

[1] "At the beginning of October, postal traffic between the Soviet part of Germany and the three western zones was resumed"

[1] „Das alles zu erforschen oder festzuhalten, ist speziell bei kleinen Orten mit wenig Postverkehr nicht gerade einfach.“

[1] "Exploring or holding all of this is not exactly easy, especially in small places with little postal traffic"

[1] „Sie brachen die Briefsiegel auf, lasen die Texte, verschlossen die Briefe wieder und schleusten sie dann erneut in den Postverkehr ein.“

[1] "They opened the letter seals, read the texts, locked the letters again and then smuggle them back into postal traffic"

How do you pronounce Postverkehr?

Postverkehr

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