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 Halle?

How does the declension of Halle 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] Architecture: Big and high residence, reception or storage room on the ground floor

[2] Architecture: Buildings, which essentially [1]

[1] Die Veranstaltung findet in der großen Halle im ersten Stock statt.

[1] „Er saß herum in den Hallen der Luxushotels, in den Bars der Stadt, in den Cafés, wo die Börsianer saßen.“[2]

[2] Die größte freitragende Halle der Welt ist das Aerium, das ursprünglich für die Cargolifter AG als Werfthalle gebaut wurde. Dieses Bauwerk ist 360 Meter lang, 210 Meter breit, 107 Meter hoch und umschließt 5,5 Millionen Raummeter.

[2] „Wir sitzen in einer leeren Halle, irgendeinem Mehrzweckgebäude, das eine der Hilfsorganisationen im Lager errichtet hat, auf einer Decke, die Janalida mitgebracht hat.“[3]

German declension of Halle?

How does the declension of Halle 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] Counting city in Saxony-Anhalt, located on the Saale

[2] City in Kreis Gütersloh in North Rhine-Westphalia

[3] Municipality in the district of Holzminden in Lower Saxony

[4] Municipality in the district of Bentheim in Lower Saxony

[5] City in the province of Flemish Brabant in Belgium

[6] Historical: Salienen City and later also administrative unit in the GDR

[1] „Nur in Potsdam und Halle hatte ich Erfolg bei diesem Aufnahmetest und entschied mich dann für Potsdam, weil diese Stadt in der Nähe von Berlin liegt.“[1]

[1–5] Wir treffen uns in Halle und fahren dann mit unseren PKWs weiter.

[6] „Halle wurde als „Chemiearbeiterbezirk“ entwickelt.“[2]