 Verfasst am: 04. Aug 2005 11:20 Titel: Virus |
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| Also, in meinem DUDEN steht: Virus, das, außerhalb der Fachspr. auch der ... wobei mit "Fachsprache" wohl Medizin gemeint ist. Peter |
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| Verfasst am: 04. Aug 2005 10:32 Titel: |
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| "der Virus" — computer virus "das Virus" — biological virus der Diskus die Disk (why???!!!!!!!) The German Language is verdammt schwer. http://www.englischboard.de/topic,14,-geschlechtsbestimmung.html |
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| Verfasst am: 03. Aug 2005 05:55 Titel: |
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| Hi, Italian Girl, I think, your original question was not precise enough; what you - obviously - want to know is a rule we Germans apply if we want to give a German article (der, die, das) to a word we call "Lehnwort" (loan-word, a word borrowed from another language). For instance "City": We say "die City" as the German word is "die Stadt"; but the German meaning of "City" is different from the English "city"; whereas in English "city" is just a big town, the German "City" is a city centre (or "downtown" if you like). Words borrowed from Latin languages normally get their German article from their ending: "die Pasta" or "die Pizza" (femininum); "der Gigolo" (masculinum). An exception is "das Virus", as - in my opinion - we should say "der Virus". Yes, and we say "das Femininum" (neutrum) - or "das Forum Romanum". As to names: we say "die Moskwa" (probably as this name ends with "a"); but don´t ask me why we say "die Themse"! Did I say German is an "easy language"? Peter |
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| Verfasst am: 02. Aug 2005 22:59 Titel: |
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| thank you! so kind and precise! but, generally, i mean, do you have a predefinite article for foreign names? (pasta pizza, computer, etc) danke shoen ! |
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| Verfasst am: 02. Aug 2005 21:01 Titel: |
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| It's die City, but das London or das Berlin and die Stadt. | |
| Verfasst am: 02. Aug 2005 19:05 Titel: welche deutsche artikel before foreign names? |
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| hi! i'm an italian girl, i need to know which article (der die or das) you german people put before foreign names. for instance, would you say: der city, das city or die city? (i don't want to translate city into staedt, i want city to remain in english) thanks for help! ^_^ |
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