Is it der, die oder das Karte?

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 Karte?

How does the declension of Karte 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] a handy, flat, stiff but not rigid, mostly rectangular object made of cardboard, cardboard, paper, plastic, possibly wood or metal

[2] Short form for many compound nouns with -karte in the sense of [1] as a second component, such as admission ticket, ticket, map, postcard, menu, playing card, business card

[3] Sport: with a color adjective in front of it: a card in the sense of [1] with which the referee and referee threaten the players with penalties during a game (yellow card) or signal their imposition (red card)

[4] Hardware: component for a computer

[1] Leg eine Karte ins Buch hinein, wo du aufhörst zu lesen.

[2] Und schreib mir mal eine Karte!

[2] Du musst am Automaten eine Karte ziehen.

[2] Ich hab' leider meine Karte nicht dabei.

[2] Herr Ober, bitte die Karte!

[2] Nach der Karte dürfte es nicht mehr weit sein.

[2] „Der Kellner brachte uns die Karte, und wir sahen, dass es in diesem Lokal nur Altberliner Küche zu essen gab.“[3]

[2] „Am nächsten Morgen zeigte Papa mir beim Frühstück die Karte von der Mosel, in die er manchmal hinein schaut.“[4]

[2] „Die Karte wurde um 1905 im Fotolichtdruckverfahren erstellt.“[5]

[2] „Wer auf der Straße liegt, empfängt kaum Nachrichten oder vermag sie nicht zu deuten, weil es an Ortskenntnissen und Karten fehlt.“[6]

[3] Der Schiedsrichter zeigte Meyer erst die gelbe Karte, weil er nochmals faulte, bekam er dann die rote Karte.

[4] Gestern ist eine meiner Karten durchgebrannt!