Is it der, die oder das Schwelle?

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 Schwelle?

How does the declension of Schwelle 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] lower crossbeam of a door frame that you can go to enter

[2] In the visual sense: On the threshold of something: at the (temporal or local) beginning of something

[3] Minimum value of a size from which an interested effect begins (relevance, perception, switching and so on)

[4] track construction: one of the beams on which the (railway) rails rest

[1] In orientalischen Ländern sollte man die Schuhe ablegen, bevor man über die Schwelle tritt.

[1] „Er war noch nicht einmal über die Schwelle gekommen.“

[1] „Kaum war Fürst Andrej hinausgegangen, da wurde die Tür zum Kabinett rasch aufgerissen, und auf der Schwelle erschien die Gestalt des streng aussehenden Greises im weissen Schlafrock.“

[2] Wir stehen an der Schwelle zu einer neuen Ära.

[2] „Eine Nacht begann wie tausend andre. Doch unter ihren Sternen begab sich die Wandlung, erlebte ich Traum und Schwelle eines neuen Lebens und stand am Morgen als Anderer vor meinem Geschick.“

[3] Das ist für mich die Schwelle der Belastbarkeit.

[4] Die Schwellen waren früher aus Holz, heute sind sie meist aus Beton.