Is it der, die oder das Wortwitz?

DER

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

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

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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 Wortwitz?

How does the declension of Wortwitz 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 Wortwitz	die Wortwitze
Genitive	des Wortwitzes	der Wortwitze
Dative	dem Wortwitz dem Wortwitze	den Wortwitzen
Akkusative	den Wortwitz	die Wortwitze

What is the meaning of Wortwitz in German?

Wortwitz is defined as:

[1] Funny statement created by the appropriate choice of words

[1] durch entsprechende Wortwahl erzeugte witzige Äußerung

How to use Wortwitz in a sentence?

Example sentences in German using Wortwitz with translations in English.

[1] „Zille weiß, dass der Wortwitz der Armen ein Teil ihrer Überlebensstrategie ist, aber er übersieht auch nicht die stumme Not der Kinder - zerlumpte kleine Wesen, hungernd und bereit zur Prostitution.“

[1] "Zille knows that the wit of the poor is part of their survival strategy, but he also does not overlook the silent need of the children - crushed small beings, hunger and ready to prostitution"

[1] „Der Bildwitz hat andere Techniken als der Wortwitz.“

[1] "The joke has different techniques than the word joke"

[1] „Dennoch schöpfte Euchel die stilistische Vielfalt und den Ausdrucksreichtum des lebendigen gesprochenen Westjiddisch mit sichtlicher Freude am Wortwitz und am Spiel mit der Sprache voll aus.“

[1] "Nevertheless, the stylistic diversity and the expressiveness of the lively speaking West Yiddish took the stylistic diversity with obvious joy in the wit and in the game with the language fully exploited"

[1] „Beider Wortwitz war von unermüdlicher Spielwut und wurde einzig von ausgelassenem Gelächter unterbochen.“

[1] "Both Wortwitz was tireless and was only of exuberant laughter underboche"

How do you pronounce Wortwitz?

Wortwitz

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