Schlüssel

key British English: key /kiː/ NOUN. for lock A key is a piece of metal that opens or closes a lock.

Etymology. From Middle High German slüzzel, from Old High German sluzzil, from Proto-Germanic *slutilaz, which is derived from Proto-Germanic *sleutaną (“to close”). Cognate with Dutch sleutel and English slot.

Declension Schlüssel

Why should a key be masculine in German (der Schlüssel) but feminine in French (la clé)? Another indicator is the occasional discord between “grammatical” and “natural” gender, such as the German word for a young girl, Mädchen, which is in fact neuter.

German Schlüssel - translated from German to English Ich habe meine Schlüssel verloren! Damn! I've lost my keys!

noun, adjective. pl. [ written abbreviation] short for plural. plural [noun, adjective] (in) the form of a word which expresses more than one.

Trees, fruits, and flowers are usually feminine: die Eiche (oak), die Birne (pear), die Rose (rose) (exceptions: der Baum (tree), der Apfel (apple), der Pfirsich (peach)).

Functions of grammatical gender In literature, gender can be used to "animate and personify inanimate nouns".Languages with gender distinction generally have fewer cases of ambiguity concerning, for example, pronominal reference.

One more time now let's split the word into syllables. And then pronounce each syllable one by one zel thank you for joining us on this adventure in pronunciation.

In French nouns can be singular or plural (pluriel). The plural form of a noun is usually formed by changing the article to les/des and adding an -s to the end of the word, however there are many exceptions!

Mettez les phrases au pluriel means Change the sentences given below into plural.

Languages such as Finnish, Hungarian, Estonian, Turkish, Indonesian and Vietnamese (to name just a few) do not have grammatical genders at all. Other languages have a gender distinction based on 'animacy', the distinction between animate beings (humans and animals of both sexes) and inanimate objects.