Is it der, die oder das Allah?

Finding the right gender of a noun

German articles are used similarly to the English articles,a and the. However, they are declined differently (change) according to the number, gender and case of their nouns.

In the German language, the gender and therefore article is fixed for each noun.

The most difficult part of learning the German language is the articles (der, die, das) or rather the gender of each noun. The gender of each noun in German has no simple rule. In fact, it can even seem illogical. For example das Mädchen, a young girl is neutral while der Junge, a young boy is male.

It is a good idea to learn the correct article for each new word together - even if it means a lot of work. For example learning "der Hund" (the dog) rather than just Hund by itself. Fortunately, there are some rules about gender in German that make things a little easier. It might be even nicer if these rules didn't have exceptions - but you can't have everything! The best way to learn them is with the App - Der-Die-Das Train! (available for iOS and Android)

German nouns belong either to the gender masculine (male, standard gender) with the definite article der, to the feminine (feminine) with the definite article die, or to the neuter (neuter) with the definite article das.

• for masculine: points of the compass, weather (Osten, Monsun, Sturm; however it is: das Gewitter), liquor/spirits (Wodka, Wein, Kognak), minerals, rocks (Marmor, Quarz, Granit, Diamant);

• for feminine: ships and airplanes (die Deutschland, die Boeing; however it is: der Airbus), cigarette brands (Camel, Marlboro), many tree and plant species (Eiche, Pappel, Kiefer; aber: der Flieder), numbers (Eins, Million; however it is: das Dutzend), most inland rivers (Elbe, Oder, Donau; aber: der Rhein);

• for neutrals: cafes, hotels, cinemas (das Mariott, das Cinemaxx), chemical elements (Helium, Arsen; however it is: der Schwefel, masculine elements have the suffix -stoff), letters, notes, languages and colors (das Orange, das A, das Englische), certain brand names for detergents and cleaning products (Ariel, Persil), continents, countries (die artikellosen: (das alte) Europa; however exceptions include: der Libanon, die Schweiz …).

German declension of Allah?

How does the declension of Allah work in the nominative, accusative, dative and genitive cases? Here you can find all forms in the singular as well as in the plural:

[1] Islamic religion: The name of God

[1] Allah ist der Schöpfer der Welten, jedoch ist er kein Teil der materiellen Welt.

[1] „Es gibt ein Plakat mit den 99 Namen Allahs, woanders steht ein selbstgebasteltes Modell von Mekka, an einer Wand hängen Koranverse und Regeln zu deren Auslegung.“

[1] „Bekannt ist, dass Persiankiwi an eben dem Mittwoch, an dem er verschwunden ist, an einer Demonstration gegen den Wahlsieg von Mahmoud Ahmadinejad auf dem Teheraner Baharestan-Platz teilnahm. Von dort sendete er Tweets, vor seinem allerletzten Gruss an Allah, die nichts Gutes vermuten lassen.5.23 Uhr: «Sie hieven die Toten in Lastwagen – wie in einer Fabrik – kein Mensch kann so etwas tun – Allah möge uns retten.»[…]5.39 Uhr: «Allah – du bist der Schöpfer von allem, und alles kehrt zu dir zurück – Gott ist gross.»“

[1] „Im Islam gilt der Koran als sprachliches Wunder, es ist schließlich die Botschaft von Allah höchstpersönlich.“