Is it der, die oder das Handarbeit?

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 Handarbeit?

How does the declension of Handarbeit 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] Work that is carried out purely by hand or physical force without using machines

[2] Object that was made by manual work (according to [1])

[3] Manufacture of objects that were made by hand (for example by knitting, sewing, carving)

[4] Short for: handicraft lessons teaching (-MAS) in which you learn the production of handicrafts (according to [2])

[1] Wir fertigen hier alles in reiner Handarbeit.

[1] „Der Ersatz der Handarbeit durch Maschinenarbeit auch bei der unproduktiven Güterbewegung war bestimmt durch die großartige Entwicklung von Industrie und Handel, die um die Jahrhundertwende allenthalben bei uns eingesetzt hatte.“

[2] Diese Topflappen sind wirklich eine sehr schöne Handarbeit.

[2] „In der 2. Hälfte des 19. Jahrhunderts war es üblich, dass die Frauen Handarbeiten mitnahmen, wenn sie einander besuchten.“

[3] „Musiziert Ihr? Liebt Ihr Handarbeiten, oder verfasst Ihr Gedichte?“

[3] „Auch die Frauen der Städter beschäftigen sich in ihrer Freizeit mit Handarbeiten, die wie auf dem Land in Gemeinsamkeit mit anderen Frauen angefertigt werden.“

[4] Handarbeit fällt heute leider aus.