Is it der, die oder das Zukunft?
DIE
The correct article in German of Zukunft is die. So it is die Zukunft! (nominative case)
The word Zukunft is feminine, therefore the correct article is die.
The plural is not too common.
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 Zukunft?
How does the declension of Zukunft 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 Zukunft | die Zukünfte |
| Genitive | der Zukunft | der Zukünfte |
| Dative | der Zukunft | den Zukünften |
| Akkusative | die Zukunft | die Zukünfte |
What is the meaning of Zukunft in German?
Zukunft has various definitions in German:
[1] Time to Come
[1] Zeit, die noch kommt[2] Linguistics: German equivalent of future tense I
[2] Linguistik: deutsche Entsprechung zu Futur IHow to use Zukunft in a sentence?
Example sentences in German using Zukunft with translations in English.
[1] Wir werden in Zukunft nicht mehr miteinander ausgehen.
[1] We will no longer date each other .[1] Niemand weiß, was die Zukunft bringen wird.
[1] Nobody knows what the future will bring .[1] „Wie alle Eltern möchte ich, dass es meinen Kindern gut geht und sie eine glückliche Zukunft haben.“[1]
[1] "Like all parents, I want my children to be well and have a happy future." [1][1] „Ein Abenteuer führte bisweilen unglaubwürdige Schicksalswendungen herbei, und die Szenerie änderte sich. Ihr jedoch stieß nichts zu, Gott hatte es gewollt! Die Zukunft war ein stockfinsterer Korridor, und die Tür ganz hinten war gut verschlossen.“[2]
[1] "An adventure sometimes led to unbelievable turns of fate, and the scenery changed . But nothing happened to her, God had willed it ¤ The future was a pitch-dark corridor, and the door at the very back was well locked." [2][1] „Es wird nicht einfach sein, Mehrheiten dafür zu bekommen, Lasten, die bislang per Kredit in die Zukunft geschoben wurden, schon jetzt zu schultern.“[3]
[1] "It will not be easy to get majorities in favor of shouldering burdens that were previously pushed into the future by credit ." [3][2] „Im Englischen gibt es zwei Formen des Futurs. Zum einen gibt es die häufiger gebräuchliche Form der Zukunft, die mit ‚will‘ (dt.: wollen, werden) gebildet wird und zum anderen gibt es eine Futurform, die mit ‚going to‘ zusammengesetzt wird.“[4]
[2] "In English there are two forms of the future . On the one hand there is the more common form of the future, which is formed with 'will' (German: want to be) and on the other hand there is a future form that starts with '[2] „Nur gut, daß auch die Engländer Dingwörter, Tätigkeits- und Eigenschaftswörter, Vergangenheit, Gegenwart und Zukunft hatten, genau wie wir.“[5]
[2] "It's a good thing that the English also had thing-words, activity and adjective words, past, present and future, just like we." [5][2] „Nicht selten ist die Vermutung beim Gebrauch des Futur I stärker als der Verweis auf die Zukunft.“[6]
[2] "It is not uncommon for the assumption to be stronger when using the future tense than the reference to the future." [6]How do you pronounce Zukunft?
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