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Is it der, die oder das Streitkraft?

DIE

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

The word Streitkraft is feminine, therefore the correct article is die.

The term is usually only used in the plural and refers to the entirety of all partial forces, namely the land forces, the air forces and the naval forces.

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 Streitkraft?

How does the declension of Streitkraft 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 Streitkraft die Streitkräfte
Genitive der Streitkraft der Streitkräfte
Dative der Streitkraft den Streitkräften
Akkusative die Streitkraft die Streitkräfte

What is the meaning of Streitkraft in German?

Streitkraft has various definitions in German:

[1] Only Plural: The military organ of a state

[1] nur Plural: das militärische Organ eines Staates

[2] Only singular, rare: military power of a state or strength of an army

[2] nur Singular, selten: militärische Macht eines Staates oder Stärke eines Heeres

How to use Streitkraft in a sentence?

Example sentences in German using Streitkraft with translations in English.

[1] Die Streitkräfte der Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika unterhalten in Deutschland nach wie vor bedeutende Stützpunkte.

[1] The Armed Forces of the United States still maintain significant bases in Germany

[1] „Dem Einsatz von Streitkräften liegt traditionellerweise der Dienst für nationale Ziele zugrunde.“

[1] "The use of armed forces is traditionally the service for national goals"

[1] „Der Einsatz von Satelliten zur Raketenwarnung, Nachrichtenübermittlung, Wetterbeobachtung, Navigation und Aufklärung habe nach eigenem Bekunden die Kampfkraft der integrierten Streitkräfte der USA gestärkt.“

[1] "The use of satellites for rocket warning, transmission of news, weather observation, navigation and education, according to their own statements, has strengthened the fighting power of the integrated armed forces of the USA"

[1] „Schon seit August 1939 versammelten sich die Streitkräfte der Wehrmacht in der Nähe der deutsch-polnischen Grenze bei Ruda.“

[1] "Since August 1939, the forces of the Wehrmacht gathered near the German-Polish border near Rudia"

[1] „Aber in diesem Augenblick kam der Adjutant des in der Talsenkung postierten Regiments angejagt und meldete, sehr starke französische Streikrafte seien talab gekommen, das Regiment habe sehr starke Verluste gehabt und ziehe sich auf die Kiewschen Grenadiere zurück.“

[1] "But at that moment the adjutant came from the regiment posted in the valley lowering and reported that very strong French strikers came Talab, the regiment had very strong losses and retired to Kiev's grenadiers"

[2] „Die aktuell quantitativ größte Streitkraft der Welt hat China mit circa 2,3 Mio Soldaten, gefolgt von den Vereinigten Staaten, die mit 574,9 Mrd US$ den höchsten Militär-Etat der Welt haben (siehe: Liste der Streitkräfte).“

[2] “The currently quantitative largest force in the world has China with around 2.3 million soldiers, followed by the United States, who have the highest military budget in the world with $ 574.9 billion (see: List of armed forces) . "

[2] „Er hatte am späten Abend des 23. September zwar die allgemeine Mobilisierung der Streitkräfte verkündet, die sogar gelang, aber die Überlegenheit der deutschen Armee gegenüber der tschechoslowakischen war gewaltig.“

[2] "In the late evening of September 23, he had announced the general mobilization of the armed forces that even succeeded, but the superiority of the German army towards Czechoslovak was huge."

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