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Is it der, die oder das Schallplatte?

DIE

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

The word Schallplatte 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 Schallplatte?

How does the declension of Schallplatte 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 Schallplatte die Schallplatten
Genitive der Schallplatte der Schallplatten
Dative der Schallplatte den Schallplatten
Akkusative die Schallplatte die Schallplatten

What is the meaning of Schallplatte in German?

Schallplatte is defined as:

[1] Round, circular, mostly black pane, on which tones are recorded analogously

[1] runde, kreisförmige, meist schwarze Scheibe, auf der Töne analog aufgezeichnet sind

How to use Schallplatte in a sentence?

Example sentences in German using Schallplatte with translations in English.

[1] Eine Schallplatte verfügt in den meisten Fällen über zwei Rillen.

[1] In most cases, a record has two grooves

[1] „Uns gehörten auch noch andere Schallplatten.“

[1] "We also belonged to other records"

[1] „Ach ja, Herr Jackopp wollte ja an diesem Abend kommen und irgendwelche Tonbandaufnahmen von meinen Schallplatten machen.“

[1] "Oh yes, Mr. Jackopp wanted to come that evening and do some tape recordings from my records"

[1] „Wir machten dreißig Schallplatten und eine Menge Kohle.“

[1] "We made thirty records and a lot of Kohle" "

[1] „Auf einem Sessel liegen Schallplatten.“

[1] "On an armchair there are records"

How do you pronounce Schallplatte?

Schallplatte

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