Is it der, die oder das Bibliothekar?

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 Bibliothekar?

How does the declension of Bibliothekar 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] employee of a library

[1] Immanuel Kant hat auch als Bibliothekar gearbeitet.

[1] „Der Bibliothekar und sein Assistent starben ebenso wie einige der Fellows, die Interesse an der Bibliothek hatten, und das war der Stand der Dinge bis vor ein paar Jahren.“

[1] „Nach seiner ruhmreichen Anfangszeit erlebte das »Schatzhaus der Bücher« eine Glanzzeit unter dem Bibliothekar Leibniz, der in den Jahren 1690 bis 1716 von Herzog Anton Ulrich, dem Sohn des Gründers, nach Wolfenbüttel gerufen worden war.“

[1] „In seinem Bekanntenkreis gab es keine Bibliothekare.“

[1] „Der Bibliothekar Jens Davidsen hatte Henriette gebeten, samstags die Bibliothek offen zu halten und sich um den Bestand zu kümmern.“