Is it der, die oder das Jahreszeit?

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 Jahreszeit?

How does the declension of Jahreszeit 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] in the polar and temperate latitudes occurring segment of a year according to climatic or astronomical subdivision according to the apparent path of the sun in the sky

[1] Die vier Jahreszeiten sind Frühling, Sommer, Herbst und Winter.

[1] „Noch nie, solange sie zurückdenken konnte, hatte es um diese Jahreszeit so ausdauernd geregnet.“[1]

[1] „In der warmen Jahreszeit saßen sie draußen in der Sonne in den Zweigen und Büschen.“[2]

[1] „Ich fühlte mich der Jahreszeit verwandt, als ich das bronzefarbene Blätterwerk am Straßenrand betrachtete.“[3]

[1] „Weniger günstig sind Jahreszeit und Wetter, als die SS Hungarian an einem Abend im Februar 1860 in einem Sturm die amerikanische Küste erreicht.“[4]