Is it der, die oder das Drucker?

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 Drucker?

How does the declension of Drucker 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] EDP: peripheral device that puts digital characters and images on paper and outputs them

[2] Occupation in the graphic industry or in printing

[1] Mein Drucker signalisierte mir heute, dass seine schwarze Tintenpatrone leer ist.

[2] Als Drucker findest du in dieser Region keine Stelle.

[2] „Mit der Ablösung der Schreiber durch die Drucker gegen Ende des 15. Jahrhunderts ging auch deren Verantwortung für die Gestaltung des Buches auf jene über.“[1]

[2] „Kaum dass sie von den umlaufenden Gerüchten gehört hatten, machten sich Redakteure, Setzer und Drucker auf in ihre Verlagshäuser.“[2]

[2] „Die ohne Angaben zum Druckort, zum Drucker und zum Druckjahr erschienene Ausgabe stellte Berthold Ruppel in Basel her.“[3]

[2] „Christliche Druckereibesitzer beschäftigten jüdische Setzer, auch mieteten sich jüdische Drucker in von Christen geführten Druckereien ein.“[4]