Is it der, die oder das Schwerelosigkeit?

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 Schwerelosigkeit?

How does the declension of Schwerelosigkeit 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] Physics, without plural: condition in which either no gravity works or its effects cannot be felt (for example in free fall)

[2] Rare, transferred, with plural: inner peace, carefree

[1] „Als Fallturm bezeichnet man einen Turm, in dem zum Zweck der Erzeugung kurzzeitiger Schwerelosigkeit (bis etwa 10 Sekunden Dauer) Fallversuche durchgeführt werden.“

[1] „In der Schwerelosigkeit beziehungsweise bei einer Abwesenheit äußerer Kräfte nehmen Flüssigkeiten aufgrund ihrer Oberflächenspannung eine kugelförmige Gestalt an, da diese Form die Oberfläche minimiert.“

[1] „In Gummischläuche gewickelt schwebten sie in der Schwerelosigkeit des Weltalls und winkten uns aus dem Fernseher zu.“

[1] „Wir werden nun endlich erfahren, wie man sich bei 29000 Stundenkilometern im Zustand völliger Schwerelosigkeit fühlt.“

[2] „Schnell spiegelt sich die unendliche Ruhe in einem Gefühl tiefen Wohlbefindens wider, einem Zustand innerer Schwerelosigkeit – typische Symptome eines fortgeschrittenen Lapplandsfieber.“

[2] „Scheinbare Schwerelosigkeiten der Dorfgespräche lassen Abgründe zwischen den Worten ahnen, deren historische Tiefen kaum auszuloten sind.“