Is it der, die oder das Zeitvertreib?
DER
The correct article in German of Zeitvertreib is der. So it is der Zeitvertreib! (nominative case)
The word Zeitvertreib 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.
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 Zeitvertreib?
How does the declension of Zeitvertreib 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 Zeitvertreib | die Zeitvertreibe |
| Genitive | des Zeitvertreibes des Zeitvertreibs | der Zeitvertreibe |
| Dative | dem Zeitvertreib dem Zeitvertreibe | den Zeitvertreiben |
| Akkusative | den Zeitvertreib | die Zeitvertreibe |
What is the meaning of Zeitvertreib in German?
Zeitvertreib is defined as:
[1] Activity that you do to pass the time
[1] Tätigkeit, die man tut, um sich die Zeit zu vertreibenHow to use Zeitvertreib in a sentence?
Example sentences in German using Zeitvertreib with translations in English.
[1] Zum Zeitvertreib schaute er sich im Fernsehen die Nachrichten an.
[1] To pass the time, he looked at the news on television[1] „Sobald wir mit dem Begriff Zeit zu experimentieren beginnen, und sei es auch nur als Gedankenexperiment oder zum rein intellektuellen Zeitvertreib, müssen wir feststellen, daß unsere Sprache und mit ihr unsere Denkprozesse uns sehr bald im Stich lassen.“
[1] "As soon as we start to experiment with the term time, even if it is only as a thoughts experiment or to the purely intellectual pastime, we have to find that our language and with it our thinking processes will soon let us down"[1] „Für die Kinder wurde das zu einem Zeitvertreib.“
[1] "For the children, this became a pastime"[1] „Diese nächtliche Szene, eigentlich bloß als Zeitvertreib gedacht, hat unerwartete Folgen.“
[1] "This nightly scene, actually thought as a pastime, has an unexpected follow -up" "[1] „Ich ließ alle meine Papiere und alle verbotenen Bücher, die ich besaß, bei Signora Manzoni, die zwanzig Jahre älter war als ich, daran glaubte, daß alles Geschehen vorherbestimmt sei, und zu ihrem Zeitvertreib in dem großen Schicksalsbuch blätterte.“
[1] "I left all of my papers and all the forbidden books that I owned, at Signora Manzoni, who was twenty years older than me, believed that everything was predetermined, and for her pastime in the large fate book"How do you pronounce Zeitvertreib?
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