Is it der, die oder das Weltsprache?

DIE

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

The word Weltsprache 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 Weltsprache?

How does the declension of Weltsprache 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 Weltsprache	die Weltsprachen
Genitive	der Weltsprache	der Weltsprachen
Dative	der Weltsprache	den Weltsprachen
Akkusative	die Weltsprache	die Weltsprachen

What is the meaning of Weltsprache in German?

Weltsprache is defined as:

[1] A language used in international life due to their distribution and because of the achievements, the political or economic influence of their sponsors

[1] eine im internationalen Leben aufgrund ihrer Verbreitung und wegen der Leistungen, des politischen oder wirtschaftlichen Einflusses ihrer Träger bevorzugt verwendete Sprache

How to use Weltsprache in a sentence?

Example sentences in German using Weltsprache with translations in English.

[1] „Mit dem Wandel der kulturellen, politischen und wirtschaftlichen Bedeutung der Sprachvölker wandelt sich auch … die Bedeutung einzelner Sprachen als Weltsprachen. … Im Mittelalter war das Kirchenlatein Weltsprache, im Altertum des Abend- und Morgenlandes Latein, Griechisch, Aramäisch und Babylonisch. - Die Welthilfssprachen sind der Versuch, auf künstlichem Wege allgemeingültige Weltsprachen zu schaffen.“

[1] “With the change in the cultural, political and economic importance of the language peoples, the importance of individual languages as a world language ... In the Middle Ages, the church Latin was a world language, in ancient times the Latin, Greek, Aramaic and Babylonian. - The world aid languages are an attempt to artificially create general world languages. ”

[1] „Abgesehen davon, daß innerhalb der Europäischen Gemeinschaft Weltsprachen vertreten sind (Englisch, Französisch, Spanisch, mit Einschränkungen Deutsch), fehlt dem Esperanto das, was jede natürliche Sprache besitzt: der Symbolwert einer kulturellen Identität, die historisch gewachsen ist.“

[1] "Apart from the fact that world languages are represented within the European Community (English, French, Spanish, with restrictions German), the Esperanto lacks what every natural language has: the symbolic value of a cultural identity that has grown historically"

[1] „Gibt es ein zweites Land auf der Welt, das sich derartig bereitwillig der globalen Weltsprache Englisch ausgeliefert hat?“

[1] "Is there a second country in the world that willingly at the mercy of global world language engaged in

[1] „Der Gote lernte nun lieber die Weltsprache Latein.“

[1] "The Gote now preferred to learn the world language Latine"

How do you pronounce Weltsprache?

Weltsprache

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