Is it der, die oder das Reportage?

DIE

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

The word Reportage 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 Reportage?

How does the declension of Reportage 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 Reportage	die Reportagen
Genitive	der Reportage	der Reportagen
Dative	der Reportage	den Reportagen
Akkusative	die Reportage	die Reportagen

What is the meaning of Reportage in German?

Reportage is defined as:

[1] Journalism: Journalistic Text System Type of Reporting, in which the rapporteur, the reporter, is in or near when he reports, about which he reports,

[1] Journalismus: journalistische Textsorte; Art der Berichterstattung, bei welcher der Berichterstatter, der Reporter, sich im oder nahe beim Geschehen, über das er berichtet, befindet

How to use Reportage in a sentence?

Example sentences in German using Reportage with translations in English.

[1] „Die Reportage arbeitet genau umgekehrt: Die Reportage ist konkret, wo die Nachricht abstrakt bleiben muss. Die Reportage ist dicht dran.“

[1] "The reportage works exactly: The report is specifically where the message must remain abstract. The report is close."

[1] „Ganz allgemein kann man die Reportage als eine konkrete, stark persönlich gefärbte Geschehens- und Situationsdarstellung auffassen.“

[1] "In general, the report can be seen as a concrete, strongly personally colored event and situation presentation"

[1] „Eine reine Realisierung der Textsorte »Reportage« ist in Nachrichtenmagazinen gleichfalls nicht häufig anzutreffen.“

[1] "A pure implementation of the" Reportage "text type" is also not often found in news magazines "

[1] „Der prinzipielle Unterschied der Reportage zu den anderen journalistischen Darstellungsformen besteht in ihrer relativ emotionalen Form.“

[1] "The basic difference between the report on the other journalistic forms of representation consists in its relatively emotional form" "

[1] „Als Journalist hätte ich natürlich eine Reportage, zumindest einen Kurzbericht schreiben können.“

[1] "As a journalist, of course, I could have a report, at least a short report"

How do you pronounce Reportage?

Reportage

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