Is it der, die oder das Wurst?

DIE

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

The word Wurst 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 Wurst?

How does the declension of Wurst 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 Wurst	die Würste
Genitive	der Wurst	der Würste
Dative	der Wurst	den Würsten
Akkusative	die Wurst	die Würste

What is the meaning of Wurst in German?

Wurst has various definitions in German:

[1] Gastronomy: elongated meat product; mostly a paste of animal meat pressed into an animal intestine

[1] Gastronomie: längliches Fleischprodukt; meist eine Paste aus Tierfleisch in einen Tierdarm gepresst

[2] Gastronomy: cold cuts made from meat

[2] Gastronomie: Aufschnitt aus Fleisch

[3] colloquial, translated: elongated, sausage-shaped object

[3] umgangssprachlich, übertragen: länglicher, wurstförmiger Gegenstand

How to use Wurst in a sentence?

Example sentences in German using Wurst with translations in English.

[1] In einer größeren Gesellschaft von Professoren und Dozenten der Universitäts- und Weltstadt L. warf ich die Frage auf: Warum wird die Wurst vielmehr schief als gerade durchschnitten, so daß die Schnittfläche wie die Scheiben sich nicht kreisrund, sondern elliptisch (oval) darstellen?[3]

[1] In a larger society of professors and lecturers from the university and cosmopolitan city of L., I asked the question: Why is the sausage cut at an angle rather than straight, so that the cut surface and the slices are not circular, but elliptical (oval)

[2] Er stellte Wurst und Käse auf den Frühstückstisch.

[2] He put sausage and cheese on the breakfast table .

[2] Die Brötchen waren mit Wurst belegt oder mit Hummus bestrichen.

[2] The rolls were topped with sausage or coated with hummus.

[3] Er drückte sich eine Wurst Zahnpasta auf die Bürste.

[3] He pressed a sausage toothpaste onto the brush.

[3] Aus dem Teig müssen Sie Würste formen.

[3] From the dough you need to form sausages.

[3] Der Nachbarshund hat im Treibhaus eine dicke Wurst hingelegt.

[3] The neighbor dog has left a thick sausage in the greenhouse