Is it der, die oder das Verbrecher?

DER

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

The word Verbrecher is masculine, therefore the correct article is der.

In the legal language, this term does not find any application instead one speaks more generally of the perpetrator or the criminal.

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 Verbrecher?

How does the declension of Verbrecher 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 Verbrecher	die Verbrecher
Genitive	des Verbrechers	der Verbrecher
Dative	dem Verbrecher	den Verbrechern
Akkusative	den Verbrecher	die Verbrecher

What is the meaning of Verbrecher in German?

Verbrecher is defined as:

[1] General use: someone who commits or committed [a] crime

[1] allgemeiner Sprachgebrauch: jemand, der [ein] Verbrechen begeht oder begangen hat

How to use Verbrecher in a sentence?

Example sentences in German using Verbrecher with translations in English.

[1] Dieser Verbrecher ist nun schon mehrmals aus dem Gefängnis ausgebrochen.

[1] This criminal has now broken out of prison several times

[1] „Alle freien Männer - Bauern, Handwerker, Kaufleute - dürfen an den Volksversammlungen teilnehmen, den Thingen, auf denen etwa über Verbrecher geurteilt wird.“

[1] "All free men - farmers, craftsmen, merchants - may take part in the folk meetings, the Thingen, on which, for example, is judged by criminals"

[1] „Er ist jetzt Lude und wird wieder ein Verbrecher sein, aber weh tut ihm das alles nicht, im Gegenteil.“

[1] "He is now a lude and will be a criminal again, but it doesn't hurt him, on the contrary"

[1] „So etwas tun nur Verbrecher und Trunkenbolde, hieß es.“

[1] "Only criminals and drunkolds do something like that, it said"

[1] „Später ließen die Franzosen unter dem Baum Verbrecher hinrichten.“

[1] "Later the French had criminals put on under the tree"

How do you pronounce Verbrecher?

Verbrecher

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