Is it der, die oder das Stirn?

DIE

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

The word Stirn 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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DER

DIE

DAS

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 Stirn?

How does the declension of Stirn 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 Stirn	die Stirnen
Genitive	der Stirn	der Stirnen
Dative	der Stirn	den Stirnen
Akkusative	die Stirn	die Stirnen

What is the meaning of Stirn in German?

Stirn has various definitions in German:

[1] The part of the face between eyebrows and hairline

[1] der Teil des Gesichts zwischen Augenbrauen und Haaransatz

[2] A front view (front side, front) of a building, a machine or device

[2] eine Vorderansicht (Frontseite, Vorderseite) eines Bauwerks, einer Maschine oder einer Vorrichtung

How to use Stirn in a sentence?

Example sentences in German using Stirn with translations in English.

[1] Auf ihrer Stirn zeigten sich schon kleine Falten.

[1] Small folds were already shown on their foreheads

[1] „Es war eine Frau, die hatte drei Töchter, davon hieß die älteste Einäuglein, weil sie nur ein einziges Auge mitten auf der Stirn hatte, die mittelste Zweiäuglein, weil sie zwei Augen hatte wie andere Menschen, und die jüngste Dreiäuglein, weil sie drei Augen hatte, und das dritte stand bei ihr gleichfalls mitten auf der Stirn.“[2]

[1] “It was a woman who had three daughters, of which was the oldest one -eyed one because she only had a single eye in the middle of her forehead, the middle two -eyed one, because she had two eyes like other people, and the youngest triple, Because she had three eyes, and the third was also in the middle of her in the middle of the forehead “[2]

[1] „Es nützte jedoch nichts, die Stirn blieb kalt.“[3]

[1] "However, nothing was used, the forehead remained cold" [3]

[1] „Er tippt sich an die Stirn und geht.“[4]

[1] "He taps his forehead and walks" [4]

[1] „Ihre Finger arbeiteten sich über den Hinterkopf bis zur Stirn vor.“[5]

[1] "Her fingers worked over the back of the head up to the forehead" [5]

[2] Die Stirn des Tempels wies die best erhaltenen Giebelfiguren auf.

[2] The forehead of the temple showed the best preserved gable figures