Is it der, die oder das Wildcard?
DIE
The correct article in German of Wildcard is die. So it is die Wildcard! (nominative case)
The word Wildcard 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.
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 Wildcard?
How does the declension of Wildcard 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 Wildcard | die Wildcards |
| Genitive | der Wildcard | der Wildcards |
| Dative | der Wildcard | den Wildcards |
| Akkusative | die Wildcard | die Wildcards |
What is the meaning of Wildcard in German?
Wildcard has various definitions in German:
[1] Sport, mostly tennis: authorization for participation in a competition or tournament, which is awarded by the organizer to a participant who does not have the formal qualifications
[1] Sport, meist Tennis: Berechtigung für die Teilnahme an einem Wettbewerb oder Turnier, die von dem Veranstalter an einen Teilnehmer vergeben wird, der nicht über die formellen Qualifikationen verfügt[2] EDP: Sign or string that stands for any other character
[2] EDV: Zeichen oder Zeichenfolge, die stellvertretend für beliebige andere Zeichen stehtHow to use Wildcard in a sentence?
Example sentences in German using Wildcard with translations in English.
[1] „Es ist das bedeutendste Mannschaftsturnier im Golfsport – und Martin Kaymer ist erneut dabei: Der Deutsche erhielt eine Wildcard für das europäische Team.“
[1] "It is the most important team tournament in golf - and Martin Kaymer is there again: the German received a wildcard for the European team"[2] Das * in der Abfrage *.com ist eine Wildcard und steht für jede beliebige Zeichenfolge vor der Dateiendung.com.
[2] The * in the query * okom is a wildcard and stands for any string in front of the fileendung.com.The content on this page is provided by Wiktionary.org and available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License.