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Is it der, die oder das Statthalter?

DER

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

The word Statthalter 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 Statthalter?

How does the declension of Statthalter 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 Statthalter die Statthalter
Genitive des Statthalters der Statthalter
Dative dem Statthalter den Statthaltern
Akkusative den Statthalter die Statthalter

What is the meaning of Statthalter in German?

Statthalter is defined as:

[1] Historical: Administrator of a Province

[1] historisch: Verwalter einer Provinz

How to use Statthalter in a sentence?

Example sentences in German using Statthalter with translations in English.

[1] „Um auch in den Provinzen gefährliche Machtkonzentrationen einzelner Statthalter zu vermeiden, wurden ferner die Heeresverbände auf alle Promagistrate verteilt.“

[1] "In order to avoid dangerous power concentrations of individual governors in the provinces, the army associations were also distributed to all promotional councils"

[1] „Die Vorgänge auf dem Kontinent wurden von den römischen Statthaltern und Militärbefehlshabern in Britannien aufmerksam registriert.“

[1] "The processes on the continent were registered carefully by the Roman institutions and military reconnaises in Britain"

[1] „Der Statthalter sagte mir mit der leutseligsten Miene, ich möge ihm doch die Freude machen, seine Gemahlin, die mit ihm reisen werde, aufzusuchen.“

[1] "The governor told me with the most affordable expression, I may make him happy to seek his wife who will travel with him"

How do you pronounce Statthalter?

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