map of ubahn

Is it der, die oder das Privatpost?

DIE

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

The word Privatpost 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.

Test your knowledge!

Choose the correct article.

DER

DIE

DAS

Symptom

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 Privatpost?

How does the declension of Privatpost 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 Privatpost die Privatposten
Genitive der Privatpost der Privatposten
Dative der Privatpost den Privatposten
Akkusative die Privatpost die Privatposten

What is the meaning of Privatpost in German?

Privatpost has various definitions in German:

[1] Promotion of postgut purely private issues

[1] Beförderung von Postgut rein privater Belange

[2] Privately owned postal companies

[2] in Privatbesitz befindliches Postunternehmen

How to use Privatpost in a sentence?

Example sentences in German using Privatpost with translations in English.

[1] „Flaggenpost war zu Beginn ausschließlich für den dienstlichen Verkehr vorgesehen, die Mitnahme von Privatpost war untersagt.“

[1] "Flaggenpost was initially only intended for business traffic, taking private mail with them was prohibited"

[2] Alle Daten zu den Privatpostanstalten lassen sich in den Michelkatalogen zu den Privatposten (von Horst Müller) und C. Schmidts "Handbuch der Deutschen Privatpostwertzeichen" von 1939 (bzw. modernem Nachdruck) entnehmen.

[2] All data on the private post office can be found in the Michel catalogs for the private posts (by Horst Müller) and Cä Schmidt's "Handbook of the German Private Post Systings" from 1939 (or modern emphasis).

[2] „Auch die Amerikaner hatten kein Interesse an einer Weiterführung samoanischer Privatpost und verwendeten von Anfang an in ihrem Gebiet nur US-amerikanische Marken.“

[2] "Even the Americans were not interested in a continuation of Samoan private mail and used only US brands in their area from the start"

How do you pronounce Privatpost?

Privatpost

The content on this page is provided by Wiktionary.org and available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License.