Is it der, die oder das Verstärker?

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 Verstärker?

How does the declension of Verstärker 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] General: something that makes something else stronger

[2] Technology: Part of strengthening a force, especially when it comes to volume

[3] Psychology: Stimulus that is recognizable and regularly as a result of a certain behavior and increases the likelihood of the occurrence of this behavior or its execution speed

[1] „Der Ausfall des cochleären Verstärkers führt zur Schwerhörigkeit.“

[1] „In Österreich werden durch die Österreichischen Bundesbahnen (ÖBB) weiterhin D-Züge im Planverkehr eingesetzt. Diese dienen hauptsächlich als Verstärker zu Intercity und EuroNight Verbindungen, sind aber teilweise auch eigenständige Verbindungen, wie zum Beispiel ein D-Zug von Wien nach Moskau oder auch Pendlerzüge früh morgens oder spät abends.“

[2] „Die Leistung am Ausgang von Verstärkern reicht von wenigen μW in Hörgeräten bis zu mehreren hundert Kilowatt in Endstufen von amplitudenmodulierten Rundfunksendern auf Mittelwelle und Kurzwelle.“

[3] „Die Beobachtung, dass Trinken in einem Tierexperiment als Verstärker funktioniert, lässt den Schluss zu, dass die normale Trinkrate der Tiere zuvor verringert worden war.”