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 Dart?

How does the declension of Dart work in the nominative, accusative, dative and genitive cases? Here you can find all forms in the singular as well as in the plural:

[1a] In the sport of darts used, the throwing arrow used

[1b] Also: a throw with such a arrow

[1a] „Er untersucht die Pfeile und arbeitet an der Gewichtsverteilung und auch den […] Bauteilen des Darts […]“

[1a] „Dieser Dart genannte, höchstens 50 Gramm schwere Pfeil hat einen Körper aus einer Wolfram-Nickel-Legierung und eine Spitze aus Stahl.“

[1a] „Der Niederländer vertraut noch immer auf die gleichen Pfeile wie als Kind, seit 17 Jahren hat er das Modell nie gewechselt. Bei seinen Darts kennt van Gerwen keine Kompromisse: Verlässlich gut müssen sie sein.“

German declension of Dart?

How does the declension of Dart 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] Darts (= a sport in which with small arrows is thrown onto a target, whereby the score of the players depends on the area in which the target the arrow gets stuck)

[1] „In Großbritannien ist ‚Dart‘ Volkssport, doch auch bei uns wird das Spiel mit den Wurfpfeilen immer beliebter […]“

[1] „Beim Dart werden 20 Gramm schwere Pfeile aus exakt 2,44 Meter Entfernung auf eine im Durchmesser 33 Zentimeter große Zielscheibe geworfen, die in verschieden große Segmente unterteilt ist.“

[1] „Dagegen sei das traditionelle Dart eine preiswerte Angelegenheit, bei der es neben dem sportlichen Aspekt darum gehe, mit Leuten zusammenzukommen und Spaß zu haben.“

[1] „In England war Dart schon in den 1970er Jahren ein TV-Sport.“

[1] „Wer beim Dart erfolgreich sein will, muss zuverlässig den kleinen Pfeil ins Bulls Eye, das Zentrum der Scheibe, oder ins Feld für die dreifache 20 (Triple 20) werfen.“