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Is it der, die oder das Schaffner?

DER

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

The word Schaffner 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 Schaffner?

How does the declension of Schaffner 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 Schaffner die Schaffner
Genitive des Schaffners der Schaffner
Dative dem Schaffner den Schaffnern
Akkusative den Schaffner die Schaffner

What is the meaning of Schaffner in German?

Schaffner has various definitions in German:

[1] Employee of a transport company, which includes the control of the tickets and collecting the transport fee (a job title)

[1] Mitarbeiter eines Verkehrsunternehmens, zu dessen Aufgaben neben Anderem die Kontrolle der Fahrkarten und das Erheben des Beförderungsentgeltes gehört (eine Berufsbezeichnung)

[2] Part of a service name for civil servants of the simple service (at least for the then German Federal Post in the word "postal conductor"))

[2] Bestandteil einer Dienstbezeichnung für Beamte des einfachen Dienstes (zumindest bei der damaligen Deutschen Bundespost in dem Wort „Postschaffner“)

[3] Octed: supervisor about a good

[3] veraltet: Aufseher über ein Gut

How to use Schaffner in a sentence?

Example sentences in German using Schaffner with translations in English.

[1] Der Schaffner kontrolliert im Zug die Fahrkarten der Reisenden.

[1] The conductor controls the tickets of the travel on the train

[1] Der Schaffner hebt den Stab, schon fährt der D-Zug ab. (nach einem Kinderlied)

[1] The conductor lifts the rod, the D-train drives (after a children's song)

[1] „Leicht erschrocken tauchte ich aus meinen Gedanken auf und blickte ungläubig auf den grimmig dreinschauenden uniformierten Schaffner.“

[1] "I appeared slightly frightened out of my thoughts and looked incredulously on the uniformed uniformed Schaffnerä" looking at the grim, "

[1] „An der nächsten Haltestelle verläßt er den Wagen, noch bevor der Schaffner merkt, daß er kein Billet gekauft hat.“

[1] "At the next stop he leaves the car, even before the conductor realizes that he didn't buy a ticket"

[1] „Von diesem Moment an war für den Schaffner nur ich auf der Welt.“

[1] "From that moment on, only I was on the world for the conductor"

[1] „Als ich allein mit dem Zug zurückfuhr, blieb ich immer nur so kurz wie möglich auf dem Klo, damit der Schaffner nicht dachte, daß ich mich da als Schwarzfahrer eingeschlossen hätte.“

[1] "When I left the train alone, I always stayed on the toilet as short as possible so that the conductor didn't think that I would have locked myself as a black driver"

[2] Nach Bestehen der Prüfung wurde er vom Postjungboten zum Postschaffner befördert.

After passing the exam, he was promoted by the post -Jungboten to the postal conductor

[3] „Die Einkünfte bezieht schon seit geraumen Jahren ein weltlicher Fürst, der seinen Schaffner hier oben hält, und der bin ich, Sohn des vorigen Schaffners, der gleichfalls seinem Vater in dieser Stelle nachfolgte.“

[3] "The income has been moving up a secular prince for some years who holds his conductor up here, and I am, son of the previous conductor, who also follows his father on this point"

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Pictures or photos of Schaffner

[1] ein Schaffner kassiert auf der Hamburger Alsterfähre
[1] ein Schaffner kassiert auf der Hamburger Alsterfähre

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