Is it der, die oder das Vollzeit?

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 Vollzeit?

How does the declension of Vollzeit 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] Labor law: Working hours that correspond to normal weekly working hours

[1] Vollzeit bedeutet in Deutschland 36 bis 40 Stunden pro Woche, je nach Branche und Tarif.

[1] Viele Ärztinnen bleiben auch als Mütter Vollzeit berufstätig.

[1] Ich möchte nicht mehr Vollzeit arbeiten, sondern suche jetzt einen Teilzeitarbeitsplatz.

[1] „In diesem Zusammenhang ist auch darauf hinzuweisen, dass der EuGH erst in jüngerer Zeit die Vorlagefrage zu behandeln hatte, ob der in § 4 Nr 2 der Teilzeit-Rahmenvereinbarung vom 6. 6. 1997 festgelegte pro-rata-temporis-Grundsatz einer Regelung entgegenstehe, bei der einem von Vollzeit auf Teilzeit übergegangenen Arbeitnehmer der vorher in Vollzeit erworbene Urlaubsanspruch reduziert würde bzw der Arbeitnehmer diesen Urlaub nur mit reduziertem Entgelt verbrauchen könnte (C-486/08, Zentralbetriebsrat der Landeskrankenhäuser Tirols).“