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Is it der, die oder das Spur?

DIE

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

The word Spur 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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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 Spur?

How does the declension of Spur 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 Spur die Spuren
Genitive der Spur der Spuren
Dative der Spur den Spuren
Akkusative die Spur die Spuren

What is the meaning of Spur in German?

Spur has various definitions in German:

[1] Walled legacy

[1] hinweisgebende Hinterlassenschaft

[2] In the narrower sense: Marking caused by locomotion on the floor

[2] im engeren Sinn: durch Fortbewegung bewirkte Markierung auf dem Boden

[3] very small amount

[3] sehr kleine Menge

[4] Fixed track of a movement

[4] fest vorgegebene Bahn einer Fortbewegung

[5] Mathematics: The sum of the diagonal elements of a matrix

[5] Mathematik: die Summe der Diagonalelemente einer Matrix

How to use Spur in a sentence?

Example sentences in German using Spur with translations in English.

[1] Von den Einbrechern fehlt jede Spur.

[1] From the burglars, every lane lacks

[2] Die Spuren waren im Schnee gut sichtbar.

[2] The traces were well visible in the snow

[3] Im Trinkwasser fanden sich Spuren von Schwermetallen.

[3] In drinking water, traces of heavy metals found

[4] Der letzte Wagon der Geisterbahn war aus der Spur gesprungen.

[4] The last wagon of the ghost train was jumped out of the track

[5] Für quadratische Matrizen A definiert man die Spur sp(A) als Summe der Einträge auf der Diagonalen.

[5] For square matrices A, the track SP (a) is defined as the sum of the entries on the diagonal.

How do you pronounce Spur?

Spur

Pictures or photos of Spur

[2] Ein Mensch hinterlässt eine Spur im Sand.
[2] Ein Mensch hinterlässt eine Spur im Sand.
[4] Eisenbahnschienen normaler Spurweite
[4] Eisenbahnschienen normaler Spurweite

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