Is it der, die oder das Zone?

DIE

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

The word Zone 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 Zone?

How does the declension of Zone 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 Zone	die Zonen
Genitive	der Zone	der Zonen
Dative	der Zone	den Zonen
Akkusative	die Zone	die Zonen

What is the meaning of Zone in German?

Zone has various definitions in German:

[1] Certain area, certain area (for example for certain uses or for different tariffs in postal, telephone or transport))

[1] bestimmtes Gebiet, bestimmter Bereich (zum Beispiel für bestimmte Nutzungen oder für unterschiedliche Tarife im Post-, Telefon- oder Verkehrswesen)

[2] colloquial: occupation zone

[2] umgangssprachlich: Besatzungszone

[3] colloquially, pejorative: the GDR

[3] umgangssprachlich, abwertend: die DDR

[4] Geography: climate zone, time zone

[4] Geografie: Klimazone, Zeitzone

How to use Zone in a sentence?

Example sentences in German using Zone with translations in English.

[1] In den Zonen 1 - 3 gilt der Nahtarif.

[1] In zones 1 - 3, the seam tariff applies

[2] „Die britische und amerikanische Zone haben mit dem Zusammenschluß beste Erfahrungen gemacht und es besteht der Wunsch, die gleichen Grundsätze auch für die französische Zone anzuwenden,…“

[2] "The British and American zone have had the best experiences with the merging and there is a desire to use the same principles for the French zone ..."

[3] „Das SED-Regime der Zone ist des vielfachen Tatbestandes des Mordes, begangen an der Zonengrenze, an der Berliner Mauer und anderswo, sowie des unzählige Male wiederholten Tatbestand des Verbrechens der Freiheitsberaubung schuldig.“

[3] "The SED regime of the zone is the multiple facts of the murder, committed at the zone border, at the Berlin Wall and elsewhere, as well as the countless times repeated facts of the crime of freedom deprivation" guilty "

[4] In der arktischen Zone herrscht Dauerfrost.

[4] In the Arctic zone there is a permanent frost.

How do you pronounce Zone?

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