Is it der, die oder das Arm?

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 Arm?

How does the declension of Arm 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] Anatomy: a pair of human body parts that are located between the trunk and the hand; forelegs

[2] (mostly technical or figurative): construction or component parts that resemble an arm in shape

[3] transferred: for worker, auxiliary worker, support

[4] transferred: for power, foreign insurmountable forces, influences, force majeure, hierarchically superordinate persons, beings

[5] colloquially: sleeve

[6] Swear word like ass

[1] So lange Arme hat sie nicht.

[1] Irgendwann fällt mir noch der "Arm" ab.

[1] „Zwei Wächter hielten den zum Gelage angereisten Fürsten an den Armen fest.“[2]

[1] „Dort stand die Mutter über den Handstein gebeugt, einen Arm auf den Messinghahn gelegt und darauf die Stirn.“[3]

[1] „Er antwortete nicht, legte nur seine Hand auf ihren Unterarm, und sie zog den Arm nicht zurück.“[4]

[1] „Sein gesunder Arm hing nach unten, wies in die Tiefe.“[5]

[2] Der Roboter baut mit seinen Armen Autos zusammen.

[2] Mit dem Arm kann der Kran schwere Dinge heben.

[3] Sein rechter Arm verrichtet für Ihn alle grausamen Dinge.

[4] Der Mörder konnte noch gefasst werden, der Arm der Gerechtigkeit hat zugeschlagen.

[5] Kannst du den rechten Arm meiner Jacke wieder annähen?

[6] Du blöder Arm du!