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Is it der, die oder das Rundfunk?

DER

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

The word Rundfunk 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 Rundfunk?

How does the declension of Rundfunk 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 Rundfunk
Genitive des Rundfunks des Rundfunkes
Dative dem Rundfunk
Akkusative den Rundfunk

What is the meaning of Rundfunk in German?

Rundfunk has various definitions in German:

[1] Technical transmission of information about radio waves with the intention of achieving a large number of recipients

[1] technische Übertragung von Informationen über Funkwellen mit der Absicht, eine große Anzahl von Empfängern zu erreichen

[2] The institutions in their entirety, which spread music or contributions to the word by radio

[2] die Institutionen in ihrer Gesamtheit, die Musik oder Wortbeiträge per Funk verbreiten

How to use Rundfunk in a sentence?

Example sentences in German using Rundfunk with translations in English.

[1] Der Rundfunk wurde vor rund 100 Jahren zu technischer Reife gebracht.

The radio was brought to technical maturity around 100 years ago

[2] Rundfunk spielte als Informationsmittel im 20. Jahrhundert eine entscheidende Rolle.

[2] Radio played a crucial role as an information means in the 20 -man century.

[2] „Das Programm unterscheide sich nur »graduell« von dem des privaten Rundfunks und werde es immer schwerer haben, in der Politik und bei der Bevölkerung seine Existenz qua öffentlicher Aufgabenleistung zu rechtfertigen.“

[2] "The program differs only" gradually "from that of private broadcasting and will have it more and more difficult to justify its existence in politics and the population of the public"

[2] „Frau Professor Oderbruch gebe am Vormittag im Sendesaal des Rundfunks ein Konzert für die Jugend.“

[2] "Ms. Professor Oderbruch gives a concert for the youth in the morning in the broadcasting hall of the radio"

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