"A newspaper"
Translation:Eine Zeitung
February 23, 2013
9 Comments
I though it is Die Zeitung. Where do i see the masculine and femine nouns in German?
February 23, 2013
Is a newspaper just defaulted as feminine? Is that what I'm not understanding? Or is die for "the" and eine for "a"?
March 6, 2013
Yes you're right, die = the and eine = a
And yes a newspaper is feminine.
http://german.speak7.com/german_articles.htm for more info on definite and indefinite articles.
March 10, 2013
No.
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die Zeitung = the newspaper
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die Nachrichten = the news
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das Zeitungspapier = the newsprint (the kind of paper used for newspapers)
March 15, 2013
Great! Thank you for the enlightment. Didn't event know the word newsprint existed :)
March 15, 2013
