Is it der, die oder das Sem?
DAS
The correct article in German of Sem is das. So it is das Sem! (nominative case)
The word Sem 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.
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 Sem?
How does the declension of Sem 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 Sem | die Seme |
| Genitive | des Sems | der Seme |
| Dative | dem Sem | den Semen |
| Akkusative | das Sem | die Seme |
What is the meaning of Sem in German?
Sem is defined as:
[1] Linguistics: the smallest, no further disassembled part of the meaning of a word or morpheme
[1] Linguistik: kleinster, nicht weiter zerlegbarer Bestandteil der Bedeutung eines Wortes oder MorphemsHow to use Sem in a sentence?
Example sentences in German using Sem with translations in English.
[1] [erwachsen], [weiblich] sind Seme, die zur Beschreibung der Bedeutung von Wörtern wie „Frau“ oder „Löwin“ verwendet werden können.
[1] [Adult], [female] are seme that can be used to describe the meaning of words such as "woman" or "lion"[1] Die Menge der Seme eines Wortes oder Morphems bildet ihr Semem, ihre Bedeutung.
[1] The amount of seme of a word or morpheme is Semem, its meaning[1] „Der nächste Schritt bestand darin, nicht nur ein Wortfeld, sondern auch die Bedeutung eines Lexems selbst, ein Semem, als Struktur zu verstehen, und zwar aufgebaut aus den einzelnen Semen.“
[1] "The next step was to understand not only a word field, but also the meaning of a lexeme itself, a semema, as a structure, constructed from the individual Semeä"[1] „Das Konzept der Seme geht davon aus, daß sich Beschreibungseinheiten für kleinere und kleinste Einheiten der Bedeutungen (sowohl der Langue als auch der Parole) aus der Zerlegung realer sprachlicher Einheiten ableiten lassen.“
[1] "The concept of the SEM is assumed that description units for smaller and the smallest units of the meanings (both the Language and the slogan) can be derived from the breakdown of real linguistic units"[1] „Bei Verneinung der Frage schließt sich entweder eine Frage nach der Art der Differenzen an, oder es folgen so viele Kommutationsproben mit den gleichen Wörtern, aber nunmehr anderen Kontexten, bis der Linguist zur Formulierung von Semen in der Lage ist.“
[1] "If the question is neglected, there is either a question about the type of differences, or there are so many commutation samples with the same words, but now other contexts until the linguist is able to formulate Semen"How do you pronounce Sem?
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