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Is it der, die oder das Schachtel?

DIE

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

The word Schachtel 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 Schachtel?

How does the declension of Schachtel 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 Schachtel die Schachteln
Genitive der Schachtel der Schachteln
Dative der Schachtel den Schachteln
Akkusative die Schachtel die Schachteln

What is the meaning of Schachtel in German?

Schachtel has various definitions in German:

[1] Packaging, mostly in the form of a cuboid

[1] Verpackung, meistens in der Form eines Quaders

[2] Number classifier for things that are packed in boxes [1]

[2] Zahlklassifikator für Dinge, die in Schachteln[1] verpackt werden

[3] Music: Unpainted violin corpus with a removed ceiling

[3] Musik: unlackierter Geigenkorpus mit abgenommener Decke

[4] Short for box participation

[4] kurz für Schachtelbeteiligung

[5] derogatory designation for a mostly old woman

[5] abwertende Bezeichnung für eine meist alte Frau

How to use Schachtel in a sentence?

Example sentences in German using Schachtel with translations in English.

[1] Sie sammelte die alten Liebesbriefe in einer Schachtel, die sie zuunterst in der Wäscheschublade verwahrte.

[1] She collected the old love letters in a box that she kept in the clothes drawer

[1] „Diese kleine teefarbene Schachtel, die etwa so groß ist wie die Schachtel einer Armbanduhr und an der das Foto lehnt – ich kann sie tatsächlich durch die Steinmauern hindurch sehen.“

[1] "This small tea -colored box, which is about the size of the box of a wristwatch and on which the photo leans - I can actually see it through the stone walls"

[1] „Er holte den Kulturbeutel aus dem Koffer und öffnete die Schachtel.“

[1] "He took the cultural bag out of his suitcase and opened the box"

[1] „Er legte die Flasche wieder in die Schachtel zurück und ging zwischen den Regalen bis zur Arznei-Theke.“

[1] "He put the bottle back into the box and went between the shelves up to the Arznei-Tekede"

[1] „Ich hätte gern eine Zigarette gehabt, aber ich wagte nicht, mir eine aus seiner Schachtel zu nehmen, die auf dem Tisch lag.“

[1] "I would have liked to have a cigarette, but I didn't dare to take one out of his box that lag on the table"

[2] Er hat noch eine zweite Schachtel Zigaretten in der Tasche.

[2] He has a second box of cigarettes in the pocket

[3] Bei dem Instrumentenbauer am Marktplatz bekommen Sie günstig Einzelteile für Streichinstrumente: Corpus, Hals, Schachtel oder Zargenkranz.

[3] At the instrument maker on the market square you get cheap individual parts for string instruments: corpus, neck, box or frame wreath

[4] Die Commerzbank erwarb ihre Schachteln an den wirtschaftlich angeschlagen Warenhauskonzernen Kaufhof und Karstadt zu einem Spottpreis.

[4] Commerzbank acquired its boxes at the economically battered department store and Karstadt for a ridiculous price

[5] Ach, die alte Schachtel, an die habe ich ja überhaupt nicht mehr gedacht. Wohnt die wirklich noch da?

[5] Oh, the old box, I didn't think about it anymore

[5] „Er sagte, eine alte Schachtel habe »Die Perlenkarawane« aufgeschrieben, wobei er das »auf-« betonte, denn wenn es mir um die wahre Autorenschaft ginge, müssten wir bei den zentralasiatischen Schamanen suchen, und das vor etwa 1300 Jahren.“

[5] "He said an old box wrote down" the pearl caravan ", emphasizing the" "up", because if I were concerned with the real authorship, we would have to look for the Central Asian shamans, about 1300 years ago . "

How do you pronounce Schachtel?

Schachtel

Pictures or photos of Schachtel

[2] eine Schachtel Sturmstreichhölzer
[2] eine Schachtel Sturmstreichhölzer

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