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 Iris?

How does the declension of Iris 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] Medicine: (Plural: Iris or [Rare] Irids, Irides): Rainbow skin

[2] Botany: (Plural: Iris): Swords (Trivial Name of the Types from the genus of Swords (Iris)

[3] Greek mythology (no plural): winged gods (as an embodiment of the rainbow)

[1] Die Färbung der Iris ist ein wichtiges individuelles Erkennungsmerkmalen eines Menschen und ist sogar im Personalausweis vermerkt.

[1] „Außerdem war die Iris braun.“

[1] „Auf der Iris schwammen blaue Kontaktlinsen.“

[1] „Unter der dunklen Iris sieht man das Weiße.“

[1] „Die Augen hatte er so verdreht, dass die Iris unter den Lidern verschwand.“

[2] Die Blüten der Iris gehören zu den imposantesten Formen der Natur.

[2] Iris sind eine in den gemäßigten Zonen der Nordhalbkugel heimische Gattung der Schwertliliengewächse mit ca. 300 Arten, die nach ihren Überdauerungsorganen in Zwiebel- und Rhizom-Iris unterteilt werden.

[3] In der Vorstellung der alten Griechen konnte Iris auch Winde erzeugen.

German declension of Iris?

How does the declension of Iris 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] Female first name

[1] Iris hat vier uneheliche Kinder.

[1] Botanical-taxonomic: genus of IridaCeae, "swords"

[2] Botanical-taxonomic: Untergalation of [1]

[3] Botanical-taxonomic: Section of [1] and [2]

Die pflegeleichte Iris benötigt einen sonnigen Standort und einen durchlässigen, nährstoffreichen Boden.