Is it der, die oder das Christbaum?

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 Christbaum?

How does the declension of Christbaum 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] Germany (Central German, especially West Middle German spaces in southern German); Austria; Northeastern Switzerland (Canton of Basel-Stadt, Canton of Basel-Landschaft and partly canton of Solothurn, canton of Aargau): Festive (with figures, candles and/or fairy lights, balls, lametta, stars and the like) decorated needle tree (mostly fir, spruce or pine) , which is set up in residential rooms, office space or in front gardens and in public places

[1] Die Kinder schmücken den Christbaum mit Kugeln und anderem Schmuck.

[1] „Und dabei liegt hoher Schnee um unser Häuschen, der Christbaum steht - nur mit goldenen Kugeln behangen - vor meinem Fenster und Annettchen lächelt mir mit großen blauen Augen zu.“

[2] „Er lief und taumelte unter dem roten Himmel, in dem sich die gelben Finger der Scheinwerfer kreuzten, unter dem weißen Licht der langsam niederschwebenden Christbäume.“

[3] „Aber der General wurde, obwohl er selbst davon zu sprechen wünschte, in diesen überlasteten Augenblicken, als die Pferdehufe schon weichen Straßengrund zu treten begannen, plötzlich wieder von anderen Sorgen ergriffen: »Ich bin doch für den Minister, falls er mich rufen läßt, schon angezogen wie ein Christbaum« rief er aus und unterstrich es, indem er auf seinen hellblauen Waffenrock und die daran hängenden Orden hinwies:[…]“

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