Is it der, die oder das Spielbeginn?

DER

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

The word Spielbeginn 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 Spielbeginn?

How does the declension of Spielbeginn 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 Spielbeginn	—
Genitive	des Spielbeginns	—
Dative	dem Spielbeginn	—
Akkusative	den Spielbeginn	—

What is the meaning of Spielbeginn in German?

Spielbeginn is defined as:

[1] Time when a game begins

[1] Zeitpunkt, an dem ein Spiel anfängt

How to use Spielbeginn in a sentence?

Example sentences in German using Spielbeginn with translations in English.

[1] Der Spielbeginn verzögerte sich wegen eines Defekts der Flutlichtanlage.

[1] The start of the game was delayed due to a defect in the floodlight position

[1] „Im didaktischen Spiel wird den Kindern die Regel vor Spielbeginn fertig übermittelt.“

[1] "In the didactic game, the children are sent the rule before the start of the game"

[1] „Vor Spielbeginn wählen sich die Spieler einen Charakter mit besonderen Eigenschaften wie Stärke, Widerstandskraft, Intelligenz, Führungsstärke.“

[1] "Before the start of the game, players choose a character with special properties such as strength, resistance, intelligence, leadership strength"

[1] „Reichtum und Rollen werden bereits zu Spielbeginn in versiegelten Umschlägen willkürlich verteilt.“

[1] "Wealth and roles are already arbitrarily distributed in sealed envelopes at the beginning of the game"

[1] „Da nur wenige internationale Akteure zu Spielbeginn bereit sind, Infrastrukturmaßnahmen zu finanzieren und Hamas wie Fatah sich der Kooperation verweigern, kann der Spieler die Zahl der Anschläge kaum senken.“

[1] "Since only a few international actors are ready to finance infrastructure measures at the beginning of the game and Hamas like Fatah refuse to cooperate, the player can hardly lower the number of attacks"

How do you pronounce Spielbeginn?

Spielbeginn

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