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Is it der, die oder das Skandinavien?

The article is needed if "Scandinavia" in a certain quality, at a certain time or time period as a subject or object in the sentence, is otherwise, i.e. normally, no article is used.

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 Skandinavien?

How does the declension of Skandinavien 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) Skandinavien
Genitive (des Skandinavien) (des Skandinaviens) Skandinaviens
Dative (dem) Skandinavien
Akkusative (das) Skandinavien

What is the meaning of Skandinavien in German?

Skandinavien has various definitions in German:

[1] Politically: countries in northern Europe in the closest sense: the Scandinavian states of Norway and Sweden; Often: with Denmark and rare: with Finland, Iceland and the Faroe Islands

[1] politisch: Länder im Norden Europas; im engsten Sinne: die skandinavischen Staaten Norwegen und Schweden; häufig: mit Dänemark und selten: mit Finnland, Island und den Färöern

[2] Geographical: Area in northern European division mostly: The Scandinavian Peninsula with Norway and Sweden, also: with Denmark without Greenland and Faroe Islands and with the northwest of Finland

[2] geografisch: Gebiet im Norden Europas; meist: die skandinavische Halbinsel mit Norwegen und Schweden, auch: mit Dänemark ohne Grönland und Färöer und mit dem Nordwesten Finnlands

How to use Skandinavien in a sentence?

Example sentences in German using Skandinavien with translations in English.

[1] Skandinavien ist insgesamt sehr dünn besiedelt.

[1] Scandinavia is very thin overall

[2] „Im 7. Jahrtausend dürfte auch Skandinavien eisfrei gewesen sein. In dieser Zeit folgte auf das Yoldia-Meer, das über Mittelschweden eine Verbindung zur Nordsee hatte, der sogenannte Ancylus-See.“

[2] “Scandinavia should have been ice -free in 7 times. During this time, the Yoldia Sea, which had a connection to the North Sea, the so-called Ancylus lake through Middle Sweden. ”

How do you pronounce Skandinavien?

Skandinavien

Pictures or photos of Skandinavien

[1] Skandinavien
[1] Skandinavien

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