Is it der, die oder das Anschlag?

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 Anschlag?

How does the declension of Anschlag 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] Implementation of an action in which something is beaten

[2] Announcement, note that is struck somewhere

[3] Attack on someone or something

[4] way of how a firearm is kept when targeting

[5] Technology: Extreme "limitation of the work movement of a machine"

[1] Die Pianistin spielt mit hartem Anschlag.

[1] Die Sekretärin schafft 100 Anschläge pro Minute.

[1] Die Tastatur hat einen weichen Anschlag.

[1] „Wahlvorschläge für Wahlen gemäß § 3 können mit einem Kennwort von höchstens 40 Anschlägen versehen werden.“

[2] „Und zudem verwies Iserloh auf die Statuten der Universität Wittenberg, wonach es zwar üblich war, Thesen durch Anschlag bekanntzugeben - doch an den Türen von allen Kirchen und in der Universität selbst, und das nicht durch den Universitätslehrer Luther persönlich, sondern durch den Pedell.“

[2] „Die Mama hatte beide Anschläge längst gelesen.“

[3] Gestern wurde ein Anschlag auf das Botschaftsgebäude verübt.

[3] „Immer wieder hat es hier Anschläge gegeben.“

[3] „Einen Anschlag könne man aufgrund der merkwürdig regelmäßigen geometrischen Form ausschließen.“

[4] [Mord an Walther Rathenau:] „Am Tag vor dem Anschlag fahren die späteren Attentäter Erwin Kern und Hermann Fischer in die mecklenburgische Landeshauptstadt.“

[4] Er hatte das Gewehr im Anschlag.

[5] Die Lautstärke ist bereits auf Anschlag.