Der, die or das Klima?
das Klima
- Gender
- neuter
- English
- climate
- Plural
- die Klimata
Why is it das Klima?
No ending or meaning rule gives away the gender of Klima. Like many everyday German nouns, it has to be learned together with its article: das Klima.
For the endings that do predict gender, see the Der-Die-Das rules guide.
Example sentences
- Das Klima in Spanien ist sehr warm.The climate in Spain is very warm.
- Der Verkehr schadet dem Klima.Traffic harms the climate.
Klima in the four cases
The article changes with the case. The highlighted column shows the forms to use with Klima: definite article first, then the indefinite article.
| Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | der / ein | die / eine | das / ein | die |
| Accusative | den / einen | die / eine | das / ein | die |
| Dative | dem / einem | der / einer | dem / einem | den |
| Genitive | des / eines | der / einer | des / eines | der |
Klima is one of about 1,700 common nouns in the free Der-Die-Das trainer. Short daily rounds with spaced repetition make the article stick.