Is it der, die oder das Schnipsel?
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The correct article in German of Schnipsel is der or das. So it is der or das Schnipsel! (nominative case)
The word Schnipsel is masculine or neuter, therefore the correct article is der or das.
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.
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 Schnipsel?
How does the declension of Schnipsel 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 1 | Singular 2 | Plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | der Schnipsel | das Schnipsel | die Schnipsel |
| Genitive | des Schnipsels | des Schnipsels | der Schnipsel |
| Dative | dem Schnipsel | dem Schnipsel | den Schnipseln |
| Akkusative | den Schnipsel | das Schnipsel | die Schnipsel |
What is the meaning of Schnipsel in German?
Schnipsel has various definitions in German:
[1] Small piece of paper
[1] kleines Papier-Stück[2] Excerpt from a work (film, book, text, code and other)
[2] Ausschnitt aus einem Werk (Film, Buch, Text, Code und anderem)How to use Schnipsel in a sentence?
Example sentences in German using Schnipsel with translations in English.
[1] Mit bunten Schnipseln kann man eine Collage machen.
[1] With colorful snips you can do a collage[1] Paketsendungen werden häufig mit Schnipseln im Innern des Päckchens zusätzlich geschützt.
[1] Package shipments are often protected with snips inside the parcel inside[1] „Seine Papiere hat er in ganz kleine Schnipsel zerschnitten, damit sie keiner lesen kann.“
[1] "He cut his papers into very small snippets so that you couldn't read any"[1] „Den Tisch umkreisend, spielerisch hier und da Schnipsel ansetzend, erkundete ich die Beziehung zwischen den beiden Männern, und da der Vordergrund nichts preisgeben wollte, hielt ich mich an den Hintergrund, an die schwarze, winterliche Nordsee.“
[1] "Above the table here and playfully here and there, I explored the relationship between the two men, and since the foreground did not want to reveal anything, I held up the background, the black, winter North Sea."[1] „Aus dem rausgerissenen drei mal zwei Zentimeter großen Schnipsel sollen wir nun erkennen, was Herr L. gerne möchte.“
[1] "We should now see from the torn out three times two centimeters tall snippets what Mr. Liver would like."[1] „Ich zerriss ihn ungelesen, spülte die Schnipsel ins Klo.“
[1] "I tore him down unread, rinsed the snippets into the class"[2] Schnipsel aus Spielfilmen werden im Kino gezeigt, um Appetit auf den nächsten Kinobesuch zu machen.
[2] Snipples from feature films are shown in the cinema to get an appetite for the next visit to the cinema[2] „Hier archiviert Wallraff jeden Schnipsel, der seine Geschichte weitererzählt“. (Quelle: Der Spiegel ONLINE
[2] "Here Wallraff archives every snippet that further tells its story"[2] „Bei dieser Version sind die gescannten Schnipsel von 800 Schreibmaschinenseiten auf dem Laptop gespeichert“. (Quelle: Die Zeit 2000)
[2] "With this version, the scanned snippets of 800 typewriters pages are stored on the laptop" . (Source: Die Zeit 2000)How do you pronounce Schnipsel?
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