Is it der, die oder das Zukunftsmusik?

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 Zukunftsmusik?

How does the declension of Zukunftsmusik 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] Planning, project, project, ideas, ideas that are not implemented at short notice and possibly only in the distant future

[1] Die Idee vom papierlosen Büro ist trotz allen EDV-technischen Fortschritts nach wie vor Zukunftsmusik.

[1] Eine CO₂-freie Gesellschaft ist Zukunftsmusik.

[1] „Im Westen der Stadt soll der künstlich angelegte 45-Kilometer-Kanal entstehen und wie der Bosporus das Schwarze Meer mit dem Marmarameer verbinden.“ […] Was viele Einwohner Istanbuls lange Zeit als reine Zukunftsmusik abgetan haben, wird nun in Angriff genommen.

[1] „Reeder könnten mit Hilfe der Daten ihre Schiffsrouten optimieren, indem Mikroströmungen im Meer so genutzt werden, dass Schiffe energie- und kostensparender fahren. Noch aber ist alles Zukunftsmusik.“

[1] „Schiffe der Zukunft sollten daher bereits so gebaut sein, dass sie weniger Energie verbrauchen. Außerdem könnten sie schlichtweg langsamer fahren, um den Energieverbrauch zu reduzieren. Wichtig sind zudem alternative Treibstoffe wie Wasserstoff, Ammoniak oder Batteriestrom.“ […] „Im Augenblick ist das allerdings noch Zukunftsmusik.“