Is it der, die oder das Verteiler?

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 Verteiler?

How does the declension of Verteiler 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] person who distributes something

[2]

[2a] Economy: Person who were driven out as retailers

[2b] Office: Note of the recipients on a document that is made several times and from which the listed recipients receive a copy

[2C] Energy industry: Electricity or gas to the consumers of senior operation

[2D] Shipping trade: Person who makes bulk orders for a number of customers

[3]

[3a] Technology: ignition distributor

[3b] Electrical engineering: distribution box, box, table

[1] „Die Polizei nahm mehrere Verteiler von Flugblättern fest.“

[1] „Dies ruft dann wiederum die New Yorker Polizei auf den Plan, die den Mob auflöst und auch die Verteiler vom Austrittscenter vertreibt.“

[2b] Auf dem Verteiler der Firmenpost vermisste ich den Namen des Projektleiters.

[2c] Als umweltbewusster Konsument hat er seinen Stromverteiler auf einen Stromhersteller gewechselt, der sogenannten Grünen Strom verkauft.

[2d] Ich habe vom Verteiler die Nachricht bekommen, dass meine Bestellung schon unterwegs ist.

[3] Der Verteiler kann bis zu 16 Stellen versorgen.

[3a] Da in seinem E-Mail-Client "Erhalt bestätigen" und "Öffnen bestätigen" immer angekreuzt ist erzeugte er unwissentlich durch die Option "Allen antworten" ein Problem, als er dem Firmenverteiler antwortete, was zur Folge hatte, dass alle 3500 Mitarbeiter seine Antwort und er die automatischen Bestätigungen - 7000 in Summe! - bekam sowie der E-Mail-Server stundenlang blockiert war.