Is it der, die oder das Verve?

DIE

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

The word Verve 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 Verve?

How does the declension of Verve 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 Verve	—
Genitive	der Verve	—
Dative	der Verve	—
Akkusative	die Verve	—

What is the meaning of Verve in German?

Verve is defined as:

[1] Wing, enthusiasm for an activity, especially that of an artist

[1] Schwung, Begeisterung bei einer Tätigkeit, insbesondere der eines Künstlers

How to use Verve in a sentence?

Example sentences in German using Verve with translations in English.

[1] Er ging mit Verve an die Arbeit.

[1] He went to the work with verve

[1] „Mit moralischer Verve spielte er das strategische Spiel der DDR-Westpolitik.“

[1] "With moral verve, he played the strategic game of the GDR-Westpolitike" "

[1] „Mit populistischer Verve schwingt er sich auf zum ›Anwalt der Armen‹, der gegen die arrogante Machtelite kämpft.“

[1] "With populist verve, he swings himself up to the" lawyer of the poor "who fights against the arrogant power elite"

[1] „Er war seit einem Vierteljahrhundert ein persönlicher Gegner des Kaisers und seiner Regierung, hatte sich aber in den ersten Kriegswochen zunächst mit Verve für einen Siegfrieden eingesetzt.“

[1] "He had been a personal opponent of the emperor and his government for a quarter of a century, but had initially campaigned for a victory peace in the first weeks of the war"

[1] „Wovon sich der Journalist Esprit und Verve verspricht, ist nichts anderes als literarische Montage, eine Technik, bei der Wirkliches in Fiktion eingebaut und damit selbst fiktional wird.“

[1] "What the journalist Esprit and Vera promises is nothing more than literary assembly, a technique that is built into fiction and thus becomes fictional"

How do you pronounce Verve?

Verve

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