Is it der, die oder das Verkehrsinsel?

DIE

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

The word Verkehrsinsel 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 Verkehrsinsel?

How does the declension of Verkehrsinsel 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 Verkehrsinsel	die Verkehrsinseln
Genitive	der Verkehrsinsel	der Verkehrsinseln
Dative	der Verkehrsinsel	den Verkehrsinseln
Akkusative	die Verkehrsinsel	die Verkehrsinseln

What is the meaning of Verkehrsinsel in German?

Verkehrsinsel is defined as:

[1] In the road lying in the road and delimited by curbs, which is usually not allowed to be used

[1] in der Fahrbahn liegende, erhöhte und durch Bordsteine abgegrenzte Fläche, die in der Regel nicht befahren werden darf

How to use Verkehrsinsel in a sentence?

Example sentences in German using Verkehrsinsel with translations in English.

[1] Viele Kreisverkehre haben eine bunt bepflanzte, oft deutlich erhöhte Verkehrsinsel im Zentrum, um besonders dreiste Fahrer daran zu hindern, den Kreisverkehr einfach geradlinig mit hoher Geschwindigkeit zu durchfahren.

[1] Many roundabouts have a colorfully planted, often significantly increased traffic island in the center to prevent particularly brazen drivers from simply driving through the roundabout at high speed

[1] Manche Straßen haben Verkehrsinseln, damit die Fußgänger, die sie überqueren, einen Stop auf halber Strecke einlegen können.

[1] Some streets have traffic islands so that the pedestrians who cross them can put a stop halfway

[1] „Er steht auf der Verkehrsinsel.“

[1] "He is on the traffic island"

[1] „Lassehn ist inmitten der Menge stehengeblieben, die auf den Verkehrsinseln der Rosenthaler Straße steht.“

[1] "Lassehn has stopped in the middle of the crowd that stands on the traffic islands of Rosenthaler Straße"

How do you pronounce Verkehrsinsel?

Verkehrsinsel

Pictures or photos of Verkehrsinsel

[1] Verkehrsinsel mit Pflastersteinkante

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