Is it der, die oder das Aufseher?

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 Aufseher?

How does the declension of Aufseher 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] Someone of the things guarded or monitored processes

[2] someone of the people (mostly: persons kept under compulsion) supervised

[1, 2] „Der Aufseher des Sammelpunkts empfing uns mit Freude, und wir heuerten sofort an.“

[2] Im Gefängnis als Aufseher zu arbeiten, ist keine leichte Aufgabe.

[2] „Die Aufseher haben uns auch gesagt, wir sollen schreiben, dass wir zum Arbeiten noch weiter fahren würden.“

[2] „Ich folgte dem Aufseher über zwei kahle Steintreppen und einen langen, weiß gekalkten Gang, vorbei an langen Reihen schwerer Türen mit kleinen, vergitterten Fenstern.“

[2] „Sie strickte ihm auch einen weißwollenen Schwanzwärmer mit roter Spitze, aber er versteckte ihn vor den andern Burschen der Kolonne, weil er Angst hatte, die Aufseher könnten es entdecken.“