German Grammar – the democracy 🇩🇪

Die

Most words that end with -ie are femanine and use die.

9 months ago

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In German, all nouns have a gender: masculine, feminine, or neuter. Each gender has its corresponding definite article: “der” for masculine nouns, “die” for feminine nouns, and “das” for neuter nouns. In the case of the word “Demokratie” (democracy), it is a feminine noun, which is why the correct definite article is “die.” So the phrase ___ Demokratie translates to “die Demokratie” in German, which means “the democracy” in English.

Determining the gender of a noun in German isn’t always intuitive for non-native speakers, as it often doesn’t have a direct relationship with the nature of the thing the noun represents. Instead, the gender needs to be memorized or looked up in a dictionary. However, there are some patterns and word endings that can help predict the gender of a German noun. For “Demokratie,” the ending “-ie” is a common indicator of a feminine noun.

It’s also worth noting that in German, the case of the noun affects the article. There are four cases in German: nominative (subject), accusative (direct object), dative (indirect object or after certain prepositions), and genitive (showing possession). However, for the feminine definite article “die,” there is no change in the nominative and accusative cases. The word “Demokratie” in the sentence provided is likely nominative, being the subject of a sentence.

When using the word in different grammatical cases, the article “die” changes as follows:

– Nominative (subject): die Demokratie
– Accusative (direct object): die Demokratie
– Dative (indirect object): der Demokratie
– Genitive (possession): der Demokratie

These changes are part of the German declension system, where article and adjective endings change according to the case of the noun.

a few seconds ago

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In German, every noun has a gender, and there are three definite articles: “der” for masculine nouns, “die” for feminine nouns and plural nouns, and “das” for neuter nouns. Additionally, German nouns are always capitalized.

The word “Demokratie” in German is feminine. Therefore, you must use the feminine definite article “die” when you want to say “the democracy.” So the correct translation of “the democracy” into German is “die Demokratie.”

In terms of why “Demokratie” is feminine, there’s not always a logical explanation as to why certain nouns are a certain gender in German. The gender of nouns is often just a part of the language that has to be memorized. There are, however, some patterns which can help determine the gender of a word. For example, many nouns ending in “-ie,” like “Demokratie,” “Melodie,” or “Energie,” are feminine. But these patterns have exceptions, making it important for learners to study and practice noun genders regularly.

Grammatically, once the correct article “die” is used with “Demokratie”, all other parts of speech in the sentence will need to correspond in gender, number, and case, following the rules of German grammar for agreement known as “Deklination” (declension).

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