Is it der, die oder das Horoskop?

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 Horoskop?

How does the declension of Horoskop 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] Schematic representation of the planetary constellation at a certain time

[2] Predictation about the future based on star constellations

[1] Um sein eigenes Horoskop zu erstellen, kann man Vordrucke benutzen, in die die Konstellation zum Geburtstag eingezeichnet wird.

[2] Manche befragen jeden Tag ihr Horoskop.

[2] „Sie erstellte Horoskope, las die Karten und nahm ab und zu illegale Abtreibungen vor.“

[2] „Die Horoskope für einzelne Tage sind so unterschiedlich wie die Zeitschriften, in denen sie abgedruckt sind - und selten hat man in der Bild dieselben Aussichten wie in der Brigitte.“

[2] „Und mit dem täglichen Horoskop beginnt mein Tag.“

[2] „Er hatte in seinem Horoskop gelesen, daß er an einem solchen Tag ermordet werden sollte, und als kluger Mann mußte er daher unerreichbar bleiben.“