Is it der, die oder das Schreibmaschine?
DIE
The correct article in German of Schreibmaschine is die. So it is die Schreibmaschine! (nominative case)
The word Schreibmaschine 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.
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 Schreibmaschine?
How does the declension of Schreibmaschine 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 Schreibmaschine | die Schreibmaschinen |
| Genitive | der Schreibmaschine | der Schreibmaschinen |
| Dative | der Schreibmaschine | den Schreibmaschinen |
| Akkusative | die Schreibmaschine | die Schreibmaschinen |
What is the meaning of Schreibmaschine in German?
Schreibmaschine is defined as:
[1] Mechanical device for writing texts on paper using printer blacks
[1] mechanisches Gerät zum Verfassen von Texten auf Papier mittels DruckerschwärzeHow to use Schreibmaschine in a sentence?
Example sentences in German using Schreibmaschine with translations in English.
[1] Ich schreibe meine Briefe immer noch mit der guten, alten Schreibmaschine.
[1] I still write my letters with the good, old typewriter[1] »Sie werden meine Sekretärin, Natalie Iwanowna,« unterbrach sie Semeonow. »Ich rate Ihnen, schon von morgen an Schreibmaschine und Stenographie zu lernen.«
[1] "You will be my secretary, Natalie Iwanowna," she interrupted Semeonowience "I advise you to learn from the typewriter and stenography from tomorrow."[1] Um zu einer Schreibmaschine zu gelangen, stieg ich nachts durch ein Parterrefenster in den Verlag Heinrich F. S. Bachmair, bei dem ich früher einmal Fräulein gewesen war.
[1] In order to get to a typewriter, I climbed through a parterle window to the Verlag Heinrich Fä S. Bachmair, in which I used to be Miss.[1] Am 7. Mai 1957, vor 50 Jahren, startete in Hannover eine kleine Revolution der Büroarbeit: Auf der Büromaschinen-Fachausstellung der Hannover Messe wurden zum ersten Mal in Deutschland einer größeren Öffentlichkeit elektrische Schreibmaschinen vorgestellt, darunter die Matura Electric von Grundig.
[1] On May 7, 1957, 50 years ago, a small revolution of office work started in Hanover: At the Hanover Messe office machinery exhibition, electrical typewriters were first presented to a larger public in Germany, including the Matura Electric from Grundig.[1] Die 1937 in Berlin geborene Sängerin musste sich ihr Studium in Graz mit Sekretariatsarbeiten an der Schreibmaschine ertippen.
[1] The singer, born in Berlin in 1937, had to study in Graz with secretarial work on the typewriterHow do you pronounce Schreibmaschine?
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