Is it der, die oder das Germanist?

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 Germanist?

How does the declension of Germanist 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] Teacher or scientist in German studies (language and/ or literary scholars) (in a close sense in the field of German language, in a wide sense in the field of Germanic languages ​​including German))

[1] Germanisten erforschen die Sprache, Kultur und Literatur der germanischen Sprachgemeinschaften; im engeren Sinn wird als Germanist auch jemand bezeichnet, der sich speziell mit Deutsch befasst.

[1] „Für Germanisten, gewappnet mit historischem Sprachlexikon und Freude am archaisch Fremdartigen, ist dies so wenig ein Problem wie der altfränkisch gewundene Satzbau.“

[1] „Man kann Sanders heute als aufgeklärten Germanisten bezeichnen, der die Sehnsucht nach dem Nationalstaat mit der ‚Bildungsreligion‘ des 19. Jahrhunderts verband und das darauf antwortende Wörterbuch schrieb.“

[1] „Wieder andere, vorab Germanisten vom Fach aus dem Raum der Donaumonarchie, Christen und Juden, standen durchaus nicht auf dem Standpunkt irgendeines sprachlichen Purismus.“

[1] „Diese liebesliteraturbesoffenen Germanisten wissen nicht, wie es der Natur folgend in der Liebe zugeht, zugehen muss; sie sind unfähig, Liebe, Eros und Sex als Einheit zu genießen.“