Is it der, die oder das Transformation?

DIE

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

The word Transformation 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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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 Transformation?

How does the declension of Transformation 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 Transformation	die Transformationen
Genitive	der Transformation	der Transformationen
Dative	der Transformation	den Transformationen
Akkusative	die Transformation	die Transformationen

What is the meaning of Transformation in German?

Transformation has various definitions in German:

[1] A significant change in a fundamental property, for example the form

[1] eine deutliche Veränderung einer grundlegenden Eigenschaft, zum Beispiel der Form

[2] Linguistics: Conversion that is carried out on language structures or also on syntagms Central concept of structuralist and generative grammar

[2] Linguistik: Umformung, die an Sprachstrukturen oder auch an Syntagmen vorgenommen wird; zentraler Begriff der strukturalistischen und der generativen Grammatik

How to use Transformation in a sentence?

Example sentences in German using Transformation with translations in English.

[1] Die Transformation ist hier ein schrittweiser Übergangsprozess, der innerhalb einer bestimmten Zeitperiode abläuft.

[1] The transformation is a gradual transition process that runs within a certain period of time

[1] „Eine einschneidende Transformation der globalen Energieversorgung lassen diese Zahlen also nicht erkennen.“

[1] "A drastic transformation of the global energy supply therefore does not reveal these numbers"

[2] Der Begriff der Transformation stammt aus dem amerikanischen Strukturalismus der Mitte des 20. Jahrhunderts und entspricht ungefähr dem Konzept der (grammatischen) Proben, die in der traditionellen Grammatik verwendet werden, z.B. bei der Analyse von Satzgliedern.

[2] The concept of transformation comes from the American structuralism of the mid -20 -century and roughly corresponds to the concept of the (grammatical) samples used in traditional grammar, e.g. when analyzing sentences.

[2] „Absicht und Leistung der generativen Transformationsgrammatik bestehen darin, komplexe sprachliche Sachverhalte auf möglichst einfache und übersichtliche Strukturen zurückzuführen und die Komplexität aus Transformationen dieser sogenannten Tiefenstrukturen zu interpretieren.“

[2] "Integration and performance of the generative transformation grammar are to attribute complex linguistic facts to the most simple and clear structures and to interpret the complexity from transformations of these so -called depth structures"

How do you pronounce Transformation?

Transformation

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