Is it der, die oder das Enzyklopädie?

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 Enzyklopädie?

How does the declension of Enzyklopädie 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] A collection of knowledge in which attempts are made to present the knowledge of a subject or topic or the entire level of knowledge

[1] Die Wikipedia ist eine freie Enzyklopädie im Internet.

[1] Die Encyclopædia Britannica ist eine Enzyklopädie in 32 Bänden und umfasst 44 Millionen Wörter.

[1] „Wörterbuch und Enzyklopädie sind nicht nur im deutschsprachigen Raum an bestimmte Produktnamen geknüpft, die dazu tendieren, Gattungsnamen zu sein: Duden und Brockhaus stehen nicht selten für ganze Klassen ähnlicher Werke, gleich aus welchem Verlag…“

[1] „Csoma nahm Jacquemont mit in das Kloster in Kanum und zeigte ihm die tibetischen Enzyklopädien in ihren schweren hölzernen Schatullen.“

[1] „Novalis' Entwurf einer Enzyklopädie muß als Antwort interpretiert werden auf die von Kant geforderte Spontaneität und Produktivkraft der Vernunft.“

[1] „Solche Begriffe sind nicht zu verwechseln mit der Fülle sonstiger Begriffe, die ebenfalls von den Sachen hergeleitet werden können und somit wohl in Enzyklopädien ihren Platz finden, nicht aber zur Bedeutungsbeschreibung notwendig sind.“