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Is it der, die oder das Silbe?

DIE

The correct article in German of Silbe is die. So it is die Silbe! (nominative case)

The word Silbe is feminine, therefore the correct article is die.

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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DAS

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 Silbe?

How does the declension of Silbe 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 die Silbe die Silben
Genitive der Silbe der Silben
Dative der Silbe den Silben
Akkusative die Silbe die Silben

What is the meaning of Silbe in German?

Silbe is defined as:

[1] Phonetics, linguistics: unity of the spoken language, which consists of at least one vowel or sonant and which is either part of a word or even forms a word

[1] Phonetik, Linguistik: Einheit der gesprochenen Sprache, die aus mindestens einem Vokal oder Sonant besteht und die entweder Teil eines Wortes ist oder selbst ein Wort bildet.

How to use Silbe in a sentence?

Example sentences in German using Silbe with translations in English.

[1] Silben bestehen mindestens aus einem Vokal oder Sonant und können zusätzlich auch Konsonanten enthalten.

[1] syllables consist of at least one vowel or sonant and can also contain consonants

[1] Silben sind rein phonetische Einheiten und tragen als solche keine Bedeutung; man darf Silben daher nicht mit Morphemen verwechseln.

[1] syllables are purely phonetic units and, as such, do not wear meaning.

[1] Das Wort "Häufigkeitswörterbuch" lässt sich folgendermaßen in (Sprech-)Silben zerlegen: "Häu-fig-keits-wör-ter-buch".

[1] The word "frequency dictionary" can be disassembled into (speech) syllables: "Häu-Fig-Wör-Ter-Buch"

[1] „Es ist schwer, die Silbe zu definieren. Aber auch hier gilt: dem Sprecher ist intuitiv klar, was eine Silbe ist.“

[1] "It is difficult to define the syllable but here too: the speaker is intuitively clear what a syllable is."

[1] „Die wirklichen Glieder des Wortes sind vielmehr die Silben.“

[1] "The real members of the word are rather the syllable" "

[1] „Die Silbe ist eine phonetische/phonologische und prosodische Einheit.“

[1] "The syllable is a phonetic/phonological and prosodic unit"

[1] „Wir könnten nun das Verhältnis von betonten zu unbetonten Silben bestimmen.“

[1] "We could now determine the ratio of emphasis to unstressed syllables"

How do you pronounce Silbe?

Silbe

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