Is it der, die oder das Tonspur?

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 …).

German declension of Tonspur?

How does the declension of Tonspur 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]

[1a] In the analogous technology, the part reserved for the reproduction of audio signals on a film strip

[1b] In the analog technology, the proportion of a tape/magnetic strip that is required for a monosignal

[1c] In digital technology, the mono signals recorded in parallel

[1a] Anders als bei Dokumentar-Filmen üblich, folgt die Regisseurin von vornherein konsequent der Musik. Zuerst wurde die Tonspur geschnitten und erst danach die dazu passenden Bilder gedreht.

[1b] [Audio-Kompaktkassette]: Bei Mono-Aufnahmen enthalten die Bänder zwei Tonspuren, eine für jede Richtung. Mit Stereo-Aufnahmen bespielte Bänder enthalten vier – entsprechend schmalere – Tonspuren, zwei für jede Laufrichtung.

[1c] Mohr zählt überzeugend mehrere Schwächen von Soundslides auf. Ja, es nervt, dass man innerhalb von Soundslides die Tonspur nachträglich nicht bearbeiten kann.

[2] „Diese Absonderungen von Sprechblasen von unserem Vorsitzenden, die sind einfach furchtbar: "sich committen" oder "auf der Tonspur", das ist doch kein Deutsch!“

[2] Als er da vorhin so am Flipchart stand und wirklich alles auf der Tonspur rüberbrachte, dachte jeder einzelne von uns: Mein Gott, wie ist der denn unterwegs! Ein Vortrag ganz ohne PowerPoint?