"Der November ist schön."

Translation: This November is beautiful.

[DeeRamm]

If "Der November ist schoen." translates to "This November is beautiful.", then what does "Dieser November ist schoen." translate to?

[wataya]

The same. Depending on intonation, 'Der' can be either an article ('the') or a demonstrative pronoun ('this/that'). As such, it is basically equivalent to 'dieser'.

[DeeRamm]

Thanks! These are subtleties that I had never thought about. And, I suspect that context would also help a lot to make the "Der" unambiguous.

[gabperez177]

In some other example they put "Oktober ist shon" is it an exception with October? Thanks in advance! =)

[wataya]

No, it's exactly the same for all months. Normally, German nouns always come with an article or a word that can act as an article (a 'determiner'). Nouns standing alone without an article are the exception. Here is an overview of the most important cases when a noun stands without an article: http://is.gd/jqxdmV
The whole section on the use of articles in German is worth a read, BTW.
I suggest to stick to 'Der Oktober ist schön'.

[younglingsmom]

The link is broken now. :(

[Almanildo]

Are months usually used in the definite form in German?

[wataya]

In sentences like this one, yes.

[Rose_Senpai]

Mein Geburtstag ist im November! Ja! ☺

[moje63]

I am confused as to how this owl translates schön. Here he says is is "beautiful" but in another exercise it continues to mark me wrong when i translate "die synagogue ist schön" as "the synagogue is beautiful ". There doesn't appear to be any consistency.

[deactivated user]

I've had the same kind of thing happen. They sometimes accept (or perhaps insist on) 'pretty' or 'nice' for 'schön.' I wish they'd be consistent in either allowing all of that or disallowing some of it.

[OsmanBarMa]

Can I use "Der November ist schön." in German as an affirmative reply? I.e What about we do this in november? The November is good.

[Minervas37]

No. You'd use something like "Der November ist gut." or "Der November 'eignet sich' / 'passt (mir)' gut."

[GeonHoYun]

Im wondering when we look at this sentence, how can we differenciate "This(particular) November us beautiful" and "The November is beautiful(generally)"?

[Minervas37]

"Dieser November ist schön." and "Der November ist schön."

"Der November dieses Jahr ist schön." and "Der Monat November ist schön."

[mehtar]

so (( the November )) here is not appropriate related to English .is it?

[wataya]

You'd rather say 'November is beautiful' in English.

[mehtar]

exactly>>>>thanks

[paladin777]

it also registers "November is pretty" as being correct as well.

[Dylan_Nicholson]

The 'v' in November is supposed to be unvoiced right, like an 'f'? It doesn't sound like it in this audio...

[Dylan_Nicholson]

Seems the voiced v is right after all, presumably because it's of Latin origin.

[Agnes282898]

Dieser

[JanetHine1]

Why is the answer here "This" not "The"?
When is the definite article necessary with months etc?

[kobel]

Shouldn't "The November is beautiful" also be accepted as a correct answer?