Is it der, die oder das Hörsaal?

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 Hörsaal?

How does the declension of Hörsaal 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] Lecture area of ​​a university, mostly with rising rows of seats

[1] Der Hörsaal war zum Bersten gefüllt, da der Professor für seine zotigen Vorlesungen berühmt war.

[1] „Der Hörsaal war besetzt, und die Vorlesung darin war bereits in vollem Gang, während die Interessenten für den Gastvortrag unsicher und unschlüssig draußen warteten.“

[1] „Eines Tages äußerte ihre damals 17-jährige Enkeltochter den Wunsch, sie in den Hörsaal zu begleiten.“

[1] „Sechzig Menschen sind im Hörsaal versammelt.“

[1] Ich hatte damals unter den Studenten einen Übersetzungspartner gesucht, der für mich als Verlobte infrage kam und mir nicht plötzlich einen Kuss auf die Backe drücken würde, wenn wir stundenlang mutterseelenallein abends in einem der großen, leeren Hörsäle saßen.

[1] „Im Grunde fand er es albern, daß er jede Woche von neuem unter den erwartungsvollen Blicken der Studenten den Mittelgang des Hörsaals hinunterging.“