Is it der, die oder das Russland?

The article is needed if "Russia" in a certain quality, at a certain time or period as a subject or object in the sentence, is otherwise, i.e. usually, no article is used.

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 Russland?

How does the declension of Russland 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	(das) Russland	—
Genitive	(des Russland) (des Russlands) Russlands	—
Dative	(dem) Russland	—
Akkusative	(das) Russland	—

What is the meaning of Russland in German?

Russland has various definitions in German:

[1] State in Eastern Europe and North Asia

[1] Staat in Osteuropa und Nordasien

[2] Historical (1922–1991), not officially: Communistically ruled states of states in Eastern Europe and North Asia

[2] historisch (1922–1991), nicht amtlich: kommunistisch regierte Staatenunion in Osteuropa und Nordasien

How to use Russland in a sentence?

Example sentences in German using Russland with translations in English.

[1] Die Hauptstadt Russlands ist Moskau.

[1] The capital of Russia is Moscow

[1] Ich habe ein interessantes Buch über das Russland des späten 19. Jahrhunderts gelesen.

[1] I read an interesting book about the Russia of the late 19esh century.

[1] „Doch auch der Kapitalismus konnte Russland nicht ganz erobern.“

[1] "But even capitalism could not completely conquer Russia"

[1] „Russland plante, sich militärisch einen Zugang zum Mittelmeer zu verschaffen – und um das zu erreichen, musste es die Osmanen vertreiben.“

[1] "Russia planned to give themselves militarily access to the Mediterranean - and to achieve this, the Ottomans had to drive it out"

[1] „Russland attackiert die Ukraine - dabei geht es im Kern darum, dass Moskau die Unabhängigkeit Kiews nicht akzeptiert.“

[1] "Russia attacks Ukraine - the essence is that Moscow does not accept Kiev's independence"

[1] „Russland hat im Krieg gegen die Ukraine hohe Verluste erlitten.“

[1] "Russia has suffered high losses in the war against Ukraine"

How do you pronounce Russland?

Russland

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