Is it der, die oder das Stammbaum?

DER

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

The word Stammbaum is masculine, therefore the correct article is der.

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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 Stammbaum?

How does the declension of Stammbaum 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 Stammbaum	die Stammbäume
Genitive	des Stammbaumes des Stammbaums	der Stammbäume
Dative	dem Stammbaum dem Stammbaume	den Stammbäumen
Akkusative	den Stammbaum	die Stammbäume

What is the meaning of Stammbaum in German?

Stammbaum has various definitions in German:

[1] (often graphic) representation of the development history of living beings or their products

[1] (oft grafische) Darstellung der Entwicklungsgeschichte von Lebewesen oder deren Produkten

[2] (often graphic) representation of the descendants of a living being, mostly of a person

[2] (oft grafische) Darstellung der Nachfahren eines Lebewesens, meist eines Menschen

How to use Stammbaum in a sentence?

Example sentences in German using Stammbaum with translations in English.

[1] Die Entwicklung der indogermanischen (indoeuropäischen) Sprachen wurde von August Schleicher in einem Stammbaum der Sprachen dargestellt.

The development of the Indo -European (Indo -European) languages was depicted by August Schleicher in a family tree of languages

[2] Sein Stammbaum reicht bis ins 16. Jahrhundert zurück.

[2] His family tree goes back to the 16th century.

[2] Laut dieses Stammbaums ist dieser Hund adeliger Abstammung.

[2] According to this family tree, this dog is noble descent

[2] „Solche Stammbäume gingen oft bis auf Egill Skallagrímsson zurück.“

[2] "Such family trees often went back to Egill Skallagrímsson"

[2] „Der Stammbaum umfasse die siebenhundert Jerusalemer Jahre seiner Familie.“

[2] "The family tree includes the seven hundred Jerusalem years of his family" "

[2] „Ich habe die Stammbäume meiner fünf Väter sorgfältig prüfen lassen, und ich versichere Ihnen, daß die arische Herkunft der fünf einwandfrei festgestellt wurde.“

[2] "I had the family trees of my five fathers checked carefully, and I assure them that the Aryan origin of the five was found perfectly"

[2] „Fürst Andrej betrachtete kopfschüttelnd den Stammbaum und lächelte mit einer Miene, wie man sie angesichts eines geradezu lächerlich ähnlichen Porträts zu machen pflegt.“

[2] "Fürst Andrej looked at the family tree shaking head and smiled with a face that is used to make it in the face of an almost ridiculously similar portrait"

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