Is it der, die oder das Schriftzeichen?

DAS

The correct article in German of Schriftzeichen is das. So it is das Schriftzeichen! (nominative case)

The word Schriftzeichen is neuter, therefore the correct article is 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.

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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 Schriftzeichen?

How does the declension of Schriftzeichen 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	das Schriftzeichen	die Schriftzeichen
Genitive	des Schriftzeichens	der Schriftzeichen
Dative	dem Schriftzeichen	den Schriftzeichen
Akkusative	das Schriftzeichen	die Schriftzeichen

What is the meaning of Schriftzeichen in German?

Schriftzeichen is defined as:

[1] Smallest, individual sign for the written reproduction of linguistic statements

[1] kleinstes, einzelnes Zeichen zur schriftlichen Wiedergabe von sprachlichen Äußerungen

How to use Schriftzeichen in a sentence?

Example sentences in German using Schriftzeichen with translations in English.

[1] In einigen europäischen Sprachen gibt es für die Umlaute spezielle Schriftzeichen.

[1] In some European languages there are special characters for the umlauts

[1] „Die Einheiten, auf die sich chinesischen Schriftzeichen beziehen, sind bedeutungsvolle sprachliche Formen.“

[1] "The units to which Chinese characters relate are meaningful linguistic form"

[1] „Wenn im Folgenden dennoch von ›Schriftzeichen‹ die Rede ist, dann folge ich dem Usus der einschlägigen Literatur.“

[1] "If there is still talk of" characters "in the following, then I will follow the usus of the relevant literature"

[1] „Die Schriftzeichen auf diesen Bruchstücken gelten als die ältesten bekannten Spuren der chinesischen Schrift.“

[1] "The characters on these fragments are considered the oldest known traces of the Chinese script"

[1] „Nicht für Feder und Tinte sind die Schriftzeichen gemacht, nicht für schwungvolles Schreiben auf Pergament.“

[1] "The characters are not made for spring and ink, not for lively writing on Pergamentä"

[1] „Woher die Schriftzeichen tatsächlich stammen, darüber streiten die Gelehrten seit langem.“

[1] "Where the characters actually come from, the scholars have been arguing about it for a long time"

[1] „Mirko starrte die schon hundertmal ihm erklärten Schriftzeichen immer wieder fremd an;“ […].

[1] "Mirko stared at the characters who had already explained to him a hundred times" […] Ä

How do you pronounce Schriftzeichen?

Schriftzeichen

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