Is it der, die oder das Kastanie?

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 Kastanie?

How does the declension of Kastanie 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] Foliage tree from the family of beech family

[2] The fruit of chestnut [1]

[3] colloquially: designation for the fruits of horse chestnut

[1] Die Kastanie ist in den temperaten Gebieten der nördlichen Hemisphäre beheimatet.

[1] „Langsam, ganz langsam wickelte sich Roman Bertini unter der Kastanie den verräterisch hellen Verband vom Kopf, stopfte ihn in die Hosentasche, zog vor Schmerz die Luft durch die Zähne.“[3]

[1] „Meine Tochter rief mich zum Abendbrot unter der großen Kastanie.“[4]

[2] Entenbraten wird oft mit Kastanien gefüllt.

[2] „Männer rösten Kastanien an den Ecken.“[5]

[3] Im Herbst sammeln Kinder gern Kastanien und basteln daraus Figuren.

[3] „Schon Anfang September geht das los. Die ersten Kastanien, noch unreif und in ihren grünen, stacheligen Hüllen steckend, fallen vom Baum.“[6]

[3] „Dann und wann fuhr ein Wasserkarren langsam durch die Straße; sonst alles still, so still, daß Gordon es hörte, wenn die Kastanien aufschlugen und aus der Schale platzten.“[7]