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Is it der, die oder das Renaissance?

DIE

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

The word Renaissance is feminine, therefore the correct article is die.

The meanings [1] and [2] are not strictly separated from each other

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 Renaissance?

How does the declension of Renaissance 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 Renaissance die Renaissancen
Genitive der Renaissance der Renaissancen
Dative der Renaissance den Renaissancen
Akkusative die Renaissance die Renaissancen

What is the meaning of Renaissance in German?

Renaissance has various definitions in German:

[1] Without plural: Cultural movement between the Middle Ages and the modern period, which went from Italy and the resumption of ancient Greek-Roman forms and values ​​characterized by the style of this culture era

[1] ohne Plural: kulturelle Bewegung zwischen dem Mittelalter und der Neuzeit, die von Italien ausging und durch die Wiederaufnahme antiker griechisch-römischer Formen und Werte gekennzeichnet war; der Stil dieser Kulturepoche

[2] Without Plural: Epoch of the Renaissance [1] Between the 14 and 16th century

[2] ohne Plural: Epoche der Renaissance[1] zwischen dem 14. und 16. Jahrhundert

[3] Translated: The resurrection of a fashion, a cultural current or technology

[3] übertragen: das Wiederaufleben einer Mode, einer kulturellen Strömung oder einer Technologie

How to use Renaissance in a sentence?

Example sentences in German using Renaissance with translations in English.

[1] Charakteristisch für die Renaissance ist nach Burckhardt der ausgesprochene Individualismus ihrer Vertreter.

According to Burckhardt, the pronounced individualism of its representative is characteristic of the Renaissance

[1] „Es war unbestreitbar: es verschönerte mein Los, daß dem Hirtentum durch die Griechen und durch die italienische Renaissance eine dichterische Erhabenheit verliehen worden war.“

[1] "It was undeniable: my lot beautified my lot that shepherdism was given by the Greeks and the Italian Renaissance had been given a poetic sublime"

[2] Dem Rom der Renaissance ist der Hauptteil ihres Vortrags gewidmet.

[2] The main part of your lecture is devoted to the Rome of Renaissance

[2] „Auch die Keltenideologie und Keltenromantik hielten die keltische Tradition von der Zeit der Renaissance bis zur Gegenwart lebendig.“

[2] "The Celtic ideology and Celtic romance also held the Celtic tradition from the time of the Renaissance to the present lendig ess" "

[2] „In der Renaissance wurde zum ersten Mal der Begriff des Schöpferischen auf herausragende Menschen wie da Vinci oder Shakespeare übertragen.“

[2] "In the Renaissance, the concept of creative people like Da Vinci or Shakespeare was transferred for the first time in the Renaissance"

[3] „Ein plakatives Beispiel für die Renaissance der Sportwagen der sechziger Jahre stellt der im August 2003 von Ford vorgestellte GT dar.“

[3] "A striking example of the Renaissance of the sports cars of the 1960s, the GT presented by Ford in August 2003, represents Dare"

[3] „Ausgangspunkt ist dabei die Frage, ob der Erste Weltkrieg im Grunde überflüssig war. Diese Frage wurde schon von Zeitgenossen aufgeworfen und hat in jüngster Zeit in der Forschung eine Renaissance erlebt.“

[3] "The starting point is whether the First World War was basically superfluous. This question has already been raised by contemporaries and has recently experienced a renaissance in research."

[3] „Richard, der auch im richtigen Leben als Richter arbeitete, erzählte, dass die traditionellen Tänze in den ersten Jahren des zwanzigsten Jahrhunderts eine langsame Renaissance erlebt hätten, nachdem sie ein Jahrhundert lang von den Missionaren verboten worden waren.“

[3] "Richard, who also worked as a judge in real life, said that the traditional dances had experienced a slow renaissance in the first years of the twentieth century after being banned from the missionaries for a century"

How do you pronounce Renaissance?

Renaissance

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