Singular
Sportveranstaltung
sports event
Why does the noun Sportveranstaltung have the article die?
Nouns ending in -ung are always feminine. Look at the bolded -ung in the noun above — that suffix is the giveaway.
Examples
die Zeitung (newspaper), die Wohnung (apartment), die Bildung (education), die Hoffnung (hope), die Übung (exercise), die Meinung (opinion), die Erfahrung (experience)
Exceptions
der Sprung (jump), der Schwung (momentum) - these are verb stems, not the -ung suffix
Declension table for German noun Sportveranstaltung
How it changes across the four cases.
| Case | Definite | Indefinite | Negative |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | die Sportveranstaltung | eine Sportveranstaltung | — |
| Akkusativ | die Sportveranstaltung | eine Sportveranstaltung | — |
| Dativ | der Sportveranstaltung | einer Sportveranstaltung | — |
| Genitiv | der Sportveranstaltung | einer Sportveranstaltung | — |
| Nominativ | die Sportveranstaltungen | — Sportveranstaltungen | — |
| Akkusativ | die Sportveranstaltungen | — Sportveranstaltungen | — |
| Dativ | den Sportveranstaltungen | — Sportveranstaltungen | — |
| Genitiv | der Sportveranstaltungen | — Sportveranstaltungen | — |
Examples in context
Real sentences using Sportveranstaltung in different cases.
| Case | Definite | Indefinite | Negative |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | — | ||
| Akkusativ | — | ||
| Dativ | — | ||
| Genitiv | — | ||
| Nominativ | — | ||
| Akkusativ | — | ||
| Dativ | — | ||
| Genitiv | — |
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Frequently asked questions
Everything you might wonder about der, die, das — and the Der Artikel app.
Is it der, die, or das Sportveranstaltung?
What is the plural of die Sportveranstaltung?
What does die Sportveranstaltung mean in English?
How do you decline die Sportveranstaltung?
- Nominativ: die Sportveranstaltung
- Akkusativ: die Sportveranstaltung
- Dativ: der Sportveranstaltung
- Genitiv: der Sportveranstaltung
These changes are necessary because German uses cases to indicate the noun’s role in a sentence (such as the subject or object). Knowing these forms allows you to build grammatically correct sentences.