Is it der, die oder das Kellner?

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 Kellner?

How does the declension of Kellner 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] Employee in the catering trade, the task of which is the service of the guests

[2] Outdated meaning: cellar master

[3] Outdated meaning: economist, administrator of a good

[4] Outdated meaning: stately tax officer

[5] Outdated meaning: basement boy, basement servant

[1] Der Kellner hat heute aber viel zu tun.

[1] Der neue Kellner bedient heute zum ersten Mal die Gäste bei uns.

[1] Ruf mal den Kellner an den Tisch.

[1] „So entwarf Kamilla Jellinek (Die weibliche Bedienung im Gast- und Schankwirtschaftsgewerbe, Leipzig 1909) eine Petition, die ein Berufsverbot für weibliche Kellner forderte.“

[1] „Inzwischen bringt der Kellner für Maja das bestellte Kännchen Kaffee und die drei Stücke Kuchen, die sie sich am Buffet ausgesucht hat, und Paul bekommt eine Tasse Tee.“

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

[1] „Der Raum ist voll; der Kellner macht eine Tür auf, eine enge Hinterstube ist frei.“

[1] „Der Kellner will, daß wir Champagner bestellen.“

[4] Ich wurde zu des Fürsten Kellner bestimmt.