Is it der, die oder das Wahlkreis?

DER

The correct article in German of Wahlkreis is der. So it is der Wahlkreis! (nominative case)

The word Wahlkreis is masculine, therefore the correct article is der.

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 Wahlkreis?

How does the declension of Wahlkreis 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	der Wahlkreis	die Wahlkreise
Genitive	des Wahlkreises	der Wahlkreise
Dative	dem Wahlkreis dem Wahlkreise	den Wahlkreisen
Akkusative	den Wahlkreis	die Wahlkreise

What is the meaning of Wahlkreis in German?

Wahlkreis is defined as:

[1] Geographical structure, which serves to organize an election and usually assigns a part of the committee to be occupied by a subset of the eligible voters

[1] geographische Gliederungsebene, die der Organisation einer Wahl dient und in der Regel einer Teilmenge der Wahlberechtigten jeweils einen Teil des zu besetzenden Gremiums zuweist

How to use Wahlkreis in a sentence?

Example sentences in German using Wahlkreis with translations in English.

[1] „Ansonsten müsste das Gericht nicht nur die Regelung zur Stimmenverteilung im Bundesrat, sondern auch die höhere Vertretungsrelation von ländlichen Wahlkreisen bei Bundes- und Landtagswahlen kippen.“

[1] Otherwise, the court would not only have to tip the regulation for distribution of votes in the Federal Council, but also the higher representation relation of rural constituencies in federal and state elections "

[1] „Mit dem möglichst flächendeckenden Affichieren eines Kanzler(-kandidaten) quer durch Österreich hat man die Chance, die Wahl zu gewinnen. Mit dem Hinweis, dass Herr Huber im Wahlkreis xy an aussichtsreicher Stelle kandidiert, eher nicht.“

[1] "With the as extensive afficating of a chancellor (candidate) across Austria, you have the chance to win the election with the indication that Mr. Huber in constituency XY runs in a promising position."

[1] „Der Supreme Court der USA verlangt für die Wahl zum Repräsentantenhaus die strikte Gleichheit der Wahlkreise innerhalb eines Bundesstaates in bezug auf die Zahl der Wahlberechtigten mit der Konsequenz, daß jede Abweichung, sei sie auch noch so gering, durch konkrete Gründe gerechtfertigt werden muß.“

[1] “The Supreme Court of the United States requires the strict equality of the constituencies within a state in relation to the number of eligible voters with the consequence that every deviation, even so low, is justified by concrete reasons must "

[1] „Für die niedersächsische Landtagswahl 1955 wurde von Oertzen von der SPD für den Wahlkreis Göttingen-Stadt aufgestellt, den er überraschend gewann.“

[1] "For the Lower Saxony state election in 1955, Oertzen was erected by the SPD for the Göttingen-Stadt constituency, which he surprisingly won"

How do you pronounce Wahlkreis?

Wahlkreis

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