Is it der, die oder das Schulkind?

DAS

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

The word Schulkind 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 Schulkind?

How does the declension of Schulkind 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 Schulkind	die Schulkinder
Genitive	des Schulkindes des Schulkinds	der Schulkinder
Dative	dem Schulkind dem Schulkinde	den Schulkindern
Akkusative	das Schulkind	die Schulkinder

What is the meaning of Schulkind in German?

Schulkind is defined as:

[1] male or female child who attends a school

[1] männliches oder weibliches Kind, das eine Schule besucht

How to use Schulkind in a sentence?

Example sentences in German using Schulkind with translations in English.

[1] „Das Schulkind war hier nicht mehr ganz unbekannt.“

[1] "The school child was no longer entirely unknown here"

[1] „Ein Schulkind musste ordentlich aussehen, darüber gab es keine Diskussion, das verstand sich von selbst.“

[1] "A school child had to look neat, there was no discussion about that, the self -awaited"

[1] „Die Gruppe der Schulkinder geht schnell weiter und setzt sich auf die Wiese, packt die Brotzeit aus und Limonade.“

[1] "The group of school children continues quickly and sits on the meadow, unpacks the snack and lemonade

[1] „Sie hatten eine kleine Druckerei gehabt, einen kleinen Verlag, eine Buchhandlung, aber jetzt hatten sie nur noch diesen kleinen Schreibwarenladen, in dem sie auch Süßigkeiten an Schulkinder verkauften.“

[1] "You had had a small print shop, a small publisher, a bookstore, but now you only had this small stationery shop, in which you also sell sweets to school children"

How do you pronounce Schulkind?

Schulkind (kindliche Stimme)

Schulkind

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