Is it der, die oder das Schiene?

DIE

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

The word Schiene 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 Schiene?

How does the declension of Schiene 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 Schiene	die Schienen
Genitive	der Schiene	der Schienen
Dative	der Schiene	den Schienen
Akkusative	die Schiene	die Schienen

What is the meaning of Schiene in German?

Schiene has various definitions in German:

[1] Railway technology: steel beams with a special profile, which forms the part of the track on which the wheels of the rail vehicles run as a pairy and parallel to each other, in a track width.

[1] Eisenbahntechnik: Stahlträger mit speziellem Profil, der als paarig und parallel zueinander, in Spurbreite angeordneter Strang den Teil des Gleises bildet, auf dem die Räder der Schienenfahrzeuge laufen

[2] Technology: A long -stretched device that serves, for example, the management of movable elements

[2] Technik: eine lang gestreckte Vorrichtung, die zum Beispiel der Führung von beweglichen Elementen dient

[3] Medicine: A device for the immobilization of limbs in broken bones

[3] Medizin: eine Vorrichtung zur Ruhigstellung von Gliedmaßen bei Knochenbrüchen

[4] Electrical engineering: non -isolated power line

[4] Elektrotechnik: nicht isolierte Stromleitung

How to use Schiene in a sentence?

Example sentences in German using Schiene with translations in English.

[1] Der entflohene Häftling legte seine Ketten auf die Schiene.

[1] The escaped prisoner put his chains on the rail

[1] „Die Schienen müssen mit riesigen Schraubenschlüsseln aus ihrer festgerosteten Verankerung an den Bahnschwellen gelöst, angehoben, getragen und auf die wartenden Güterwagen gewuchtet werden.“

[1] "The rails must be solved, raised, lifted, carried and brewed onto the waiting freight wagons with huge wrenches from their firm anchoring on the railway thresholds"

[2] Die Gardine lässt sich über eine Schiene bewegen.

[2] The curtain can be moved over a rail

[3] Eine Schiene musste angelegt werden, um den Knochen zu richten.

[3] A rail had to be created to judge the bone

[4] Diese Schiene wird an die Wand gedübelt und bildet später die Potentialausgleichsschiene.

[4] This rail is doweled on the wall and later forms the potential equalization rail