Is it der, die oder das Trope?
DIE
The correct article in German of Trope is die. So it is die Trope! (nominative case)
The word Trope 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.
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 Trope?
How does the declension of Trope 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 Trope | die Tropen |
Genitive | der Trope | der Tropen |
Dative | der Trope | den Tropen |
Akkusative | die Trope | die Tropen |
What is the meaning of Trope in German?
Trope has various definitions in German:
[1] Rhetoric, side form by: tropus, pictorial expression
[1] Rhetorik, Nebenform von: Tropus, bildlicher Ausdruck[2] Philosophy: Basic category of the description that looks at individual, distinctive properties instead of creating overarching, summary universal terms
[2] Philosophie: Grundkategorie der Beschreibung, die individuelle, distinkt auftretende Eigenschaften betrachtet, statt übergreifende, zusammenfassende Universalbegriffe zu schaffenHow to use Trope in a sentence?
Example sentences in German using Trope with translations in English.
[1] „Eine Trope verändert die Aussage anhand eines einzelnen Wortes, wohingegen sich eine rhetorische Figur auf das Wortgefüge bezieht.“
[1] "A trope changes the statement based on a single word, whereas a rhetorical figure refers to the word structure"[1] Metapher und Allegorie sind Tropen.
[1] Metaphor and allegory are tropical[2] „Eine Trope von F-heit ist üblicherweise nicht selbst F. Tropen von Menschheit beispielsweise sind selbst nicht menschlich.“
[2] "A trope of F-Affair is usually not even fans of humanity, for example, themselves are not human."[2] Diese rosa Blüte zeigt eine Trope von ›rosa‹, die Blüte daneben zeigt exakt die gleiche Trope, allerdings eine numerisch zweite. Beide Blütenfarben sind keinesfalls zwei Realisationen der einen, gleichen, abstrakten Eigenschaft ›rosa‹.
[2] This pink flower shows a trope of ›pink‹, the flower next to it shows exactly the same trope, but a numerical secondary both flower colors are by no means two realizations of one, the same, abstract property ›pink‹.How do you pronounce Trope?
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