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Is it der, die oder das Produktivität?

DIE

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

The word Produktivität 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 Produktivität?

How does the declension of Produktivität 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 Produktivität
Genitive der Produktivität
Dative der Produktivität
Akkusative die Produktivität

What is the meaning of Produktivität in German?

Produktivität has various definitions in German:

[1] Performance of a person, a company, an organization, taking into account the expenditure of services or producing products

[1] Leistungsfähigkeit einer Person, eines Betriebes, einer Organisation, unter Berücksichtigung des Aufwandes Dienstleistungen zu erbringen oder Produkte herzustellen

[2] Linguistics: Frequency with which an affix (word formation morpheme) is used to form new words

[2] Linguistik: Häufigkeit, mit der ein Affix (Wortbildungsmorphem) verwendet wird, um neue Wörter zu bilden

How to use Produktivität in a sentence?

Example sentences in German using Produktivität with translations in English.

[1] Der Betrieb hat eine zu geringe Produktivität.

[1] The company has too low productivity

[1] Das Wachstum fällt in diesem Jahr um einen halben Prozentpunkt auf nur noch 1,5 Prozent.„Leider wird sich auch die Produktivität enttäuschend entwickeln und nicht ansteigen. […]“ [der britische Schatzkanzler Philip Hammond im Unterhaus]

[1] This year growth falls by half a percentage point to only 1.5 percentage “Unfortunately, productivity will develop disappointing and will not increase. […] ”[The British Treasurer Philip Hammond in the lower house]

[2] Die Produktivität des Präfixes "un-" im Deutschen ist sehr groß, die von "miss-" dagegen ist längst verloren gegangen.

[2] The productivity of the prefix "un-" in German is very great, which has long been lost from "missed"

How do you pronounce Produktivität?

Produktivität

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