Is it der, die oder das Segler?

DER

The correct article in German of Segler is der. So it is der Segler! (nominative case)

The word Segler is masculine, therefore the correct article is der.

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 Segler?

How does the declension of Segler 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	der Segler	die Segler
Genitive	des Seglers	der Segler
Dative	dem Segler	den Seglern
Akkusative	den Segler	die Segler

What is the meaning of Segler in German?

Segler has various definitions in German:

[1] Someone who sails (as a sport)

[1] jemand der segelt (als Sport)

[2] sailing ship or boat

[2] Segelschiff oder -boot

[3] Vogel, which spends most of the time in the air, (the Apodidae family), whose appearance and way of life are similar to the swallow

[3] Vogel, der die meiste Zeit in der Luft verbringt, (Familie Apodidae), dessen Aussehen und Lebensweise der Schwalbe ähneln

[4] Aircraft, which moves through the use of the thermal

[4] Flugzeug, welches sich mittels Nutzung der Thermik fortbewegt

How to use Segler in a sentence?

Example sentences in German using Segler with translations in English.

[1] Mein Mann ist begeisterter Segler.

[1] My husband is an enthusiastic sailor

[1, 2, 4] Bei schönem Wetter sind oft Segler unterwegs.

[1, 2, 4] When the weather is nice, sailors are often on the go

[2] Er ist auf einem Segler gefahren.

[2] He is on a sailor

[2] „Auf vielen Routen hatten Dampfer längst ihren Siegeszug angetreten und den Seglern die profitableren Ladungen abgejagt.“

[2] "On many routes, steamer had long started their triumphal march and the sailors had hunted the more profitable charges"

[2] „1000 Jahre lang wird es keiner anderen europäischen Kultur gelingen, Segler zu konstruieren, die schneller unterwegs sind als die Kriegsschiffe der Wikinger, die Drachenboote.“

[2] "For 1000 years, no other European culture will be able to construct sailors who are traveling faster than the warships of the Vikings, the DrachenbooteÄ"

[2] „Wir hatten ein Vollschiff, eine Brigg und zwölf Schoner, insgesamt vierzehn Segler.“

[2] "We had a full ship, a brig and twelve schooner, a total of fourteen sailor"

[3] In der Schweiz brüten zwei Arten von Seglern.

[3] In Switzerland, two types of sailor breed