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Is it der, die oder das Robinson?

DER

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

The word Robinson 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 Robinson?

How does the declension of Robinson 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 Robinson die Robinsons
Genitive des Robinsons der Robinsons
Dative dem Robinson den Robinsons
Akkusative den Robinson die Robinsons

What is the meaning of Robinson in German?

Robinson is defined as:

[1] Someone who lives alone on a lonely island (or in a similarly civilization area), but not ascetic as a hermit

[1] jemand, der allein auf einer einsamen Insel (oder in einer ähnlich zivilisationsfernen Gegend) lebt, aber nicht asketisch wie ein Einsiedler

How to use Robinson in a sentence?

Example sentences in German using Robinson with translations in English.

[1] Na, wie fühlt man sich denn so als Robinson?

[1] Well, how do you feel like a robinonie

[1] „Die Schule der Robinsons“, Romantitel von Jules Verne, ist ein weniger bekanntes Buch des Autors.

[1] "The School of Robinsons", romantic title by Jules Verne, is a less well -known book by the author

How do you pronounce Robinson?

Robinson

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