Is it der, die oder das Türke?

DER

The correct article in German of Türke is der. So it is der Türke! (nominative case)

The word Türke 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.

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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 Türke?

How does the declension of Türke 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 Türke	die Türken
Genitive	des Türken	der Türken
Dative	dem Türken	den Türken
Akkusative	den Türken	die Türken

What is the meaning of Türke in German?

Türke has various definitions in German:

[1] Turkey citizens

[1] Staatsbürger der Türkei

[2] Members of the Turkish people

[2] Angehöriger des türkischen Volkes

[3] Rare: Relatives of a Turk people

[3] seltener: Angehöriger eines Turkvolkes

[4] Short form: Turkish restaurant

[4] Kurzform: türkisches Restaurant

How to use Türke in a sentence?

Example sentences in German using Türke with translations in English.

[1] Mein Kollege ist Türke.

[1] My colleague is Turkey

[2] In Bulgarien leben etwa eine Million Türken.

[2] About a million Turkish live in Bulgaria

[2] „Und weil ich ja nun offenbar Türke war, konnte ich logischerweise kein Deutscher mehr sein.“

[2] "And because I was apparently Turk, I could logically no longer be a German one"

[2] „Manchmal sieht der Türke in mir etwas anderes als der Deutsche.“

[2] "Sometimes the Turk sees something different in me"

[2] „In solchen Betrachtungen erging sich der Türke, und wir verbrachten damit vier Stunden.“

[2] "The Turk was found in such considerations and we spent four hours of the hour"

[3] Die Turkvölker werden mitunter auch als „Turkvölker“, „türkische Völker“ oder auch grob verallgemeinert als „Türken“ bezeichnet.

[3] The Turk peoples are sometimes referred to as "Turk peoples", "Turkish peoples" or also roughly generalized as "Turks"

[4] Gehen wir heute Abend zum Türken?

[4] Let's go to the Turkish diet tonight

How do you pronounce Türke?

Türke

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