Is it der, die oder das Sommerurlaub?

DER

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

The word Sommerurlaub 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 Sommerurlaub?

How does the declension of Sommerurlaub 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 Sommerurlaub	die Sommerurlaube
Genitive	des Sommerurlaubes des Sommerurlaubs	der Sommerurlaube
Dative	dem Sommerurlaub dem Sommerurlaube	den Sommerurlauben
Akkusative	den Sommerurlaub	die Sommerurlaube

What is the meaning of Sommerurlaub in German?

Sommerurlaub is defined as:

[1] Vacation that is spent in summer

[1] Urlaub, der im Sommer verbracht wird

How to use Sommerurlaub in a sentence?

Example sentences in German using Sommerurlaub with translations in English.

[1] „Diese mit einem Deutschen verheiratete Britin namens Gräfinghoff riet ihrer Schwester und deren zwei Kindern, den gerade begonnenen Sommerurlaub bei den Droëges umgehend abzubrechen - obwohl die drei eigentlich bis Mitte September hatten bleiben wollen.“

[1] "This british, who was married to a German, called Gräfinghoff, advised her sister and her two children to immediately cancel the summer vacation that has just started at the Droëges - although the three actually had to stay until mid -September"

[1] „Achtzehn Jahre lang habe ich meinen Sommerurlaub am Strand der ostfriesischen Insel Langeoog verbracht.“

[1] "For eighteen years I spent my summer vacation on the beach on the East Frisian island of Langeoog"

[1] „Mehrmals fährt die Familie von Rustschuk in den Sommerurlaub.“

[1] "The von Rustschuk family goes to the summer vacation" several times "

[1] „Im Reisebüro an der Ecke, erzählt er, hätten Arbeiter und Handwerker früher ihren Sommerurlaub am Mittelmeer gebucht.“

[1] "In the travel agency on the corner, he says that workers and craftsmen had previously booked their summer vacation on the Mediterranean" "

How do you pronounce Sommerurlaub?

Sommerurlaub

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