Is it der, die oder das Ton?
DER
The correct article in German of Ton is der. So it is der Ton! (nominative case)
The word Ton 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.
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 …).
Context 1
German declension of Ton?
How does the declension of Ton 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 Ton | die Tone |
| Genitive | des Tons des Tones | der Tone |
| Dative | dem Ton dem Tone | den Tonen |
| Akkusative | den Ton | die Tone |
What is the meaning of Ton in German?
Ton is defined as:
[1] Fine -grained weathering product, soil type, pottery material
[1] feinkörniges Verwitterungsprodukt, Bodenart, TöpfermaterialHow to use Ton in a sentence?
Example sentences in German using Ton with translations in English.
[1] Der Boden hier besteht zum größten Teil aus Ton.
[1] The floor here is largely made of Tonä[1] „Die Auswahl reiner Tone verfeinert sich und höhere Brenntemperaturen bis zu 800 °C werden erreicht.“
[1] "The selection of pure tone refines and higher burning temperatures up to 800 ° C are reached"
Is it der, die oder das Ton?
DER
The correct article in German of Ton is der. So it is der Ton! (nominative case)
The word Ton is masculine, therefore the correct article is der.
Context 2
German declension of Ton?
How does the declension of Ton 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 Ton | die Töne |
| Genitive | des Tons des Tones | der Töne |
| Dative | dem Ton dem Tone | den Tönen |
| Akkusative | den Ton | die Töne |
What is the meaning of Ton in German?
Ton has various definitions in German:
[1] Something that you can hear
[1] etwas, das man hören kann; Klang, Laut[2] gradation of a color
[2] Abstufung einer Farbe[3] No plural: type of language expression, behavior
[3] kein Plural: Art der sprachlichen Ausdrucksweise, Benehmen[4] Linguistics: Cite of the pitch for words in sound languages, for example in Chinese, to distinguish words
[4] Linguistik: Tonhöhenverlauf bei Wörtern in Tonsprachen, zum Beispiel im Chinesischen, zur Unterscheidung von Wörtern[5] Phonetics: "Vibration of air pressure in the audible frequency range" for linguistic statements
[5] Phonetik: „Schwingung des Luftdrucks im hörbaren Frequenzbereich“ bei sprachlichen ÄußerungenHow to use Ton in a sentence?
Example sentences in German using Ton with translations in English.
[1] „Sie hörte einen Ton wie von zerreißendem Stoff, und ihre Gelenke wurden zusammengebunden. An dem eiskalten Luftzug spürte sie, daß die Tür geöffnet wurde, und in der nächsten Sekunde war sie im Garten.“
[1] "She heard a tone as a torn fabric, and her joints were bound together on the ice -cold draft she felt that the door was opened, and in the next second she was in the garden."[2] Das Rot gefällt mir nicht, ich probiere einen anderen Ton aus.
[2] I don't like the red, I try a different tone[3] Dein Ton ist ziemlich schroff, beruhige dich erstmal.
[3] Your sound is pretty rugged, calm down first[3] „Das Seltsame war, dass ich drei Monate später eine Postkarte von ihr bekam, aus einem Luxushotel in irgendeinem Land der Dritten Welt – Belize, Honduras oder so –, und die war in einem überaus freundlichen Ton gehalten.“
[3] "The strange thing was that I got a postcard from her three months later, from a luxury hotel in any country in the third world - Belize, Honduras or something - and that was held in an extremely friendly tone"[3] „Es ist völlig sinnlos, herausfinden zu wollen, wer mit der Verrohung des Tons angefangen hat.“
[3] "It is completely pointless to want to find out who started brutalizing the sound"[3] „Auch der Reichspropagandaminister schwärmte in höchsten Tönen von den neuen Waffen.“
[3] "The Reich Propaganda Minister also raved about the new weapons in the highest tones"[3] „Sein Ton wird sanfter.“
[3] "His sound becomes gentle"[4] In Tonsprachen werden die Töne zur Unterscheidung von Wörtern verwendet.
[4] In sound languages, the tones are used to distinguish words[4] „Das Chinesische kennt vier solcher Töne, einen hohen Ton, einen steigenden Ton, einen tiefen (genauer: leicht fallend-steigenden) Ton und einen fallenden Ton.“
[4] "Chinese knows four such tones, a high tone, an increasing tone, a deep (more precisely: slightly falling) sound and a falling sound" "[5] Die Junktur „fällt (wie die Phänomene Ton, Intonation, Akzent und Quantität) in den Bereich der prosodischen Merkmale.“
[5] The junction "falls (like the phenomena sound, intonation, accent and quantity) in the area of the prosodic feature" "How do you pronounce Ton?
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