Is it der, die oder das Kommentar?

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 Kommentar?

How does the declension of Kommentar 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] More detailed explanation of a fact from a certain point of view, interpretation

[2] Specialized language, journalism: evaluating presentation in the form of articles, columns, explanatory articles in radio and television by commentators

[3] Specialized language, computer science: character chains in the program code that are ignored when translating the program, they serve to understand the program code and are also written down for the specification of additional information

[1] Dein Kommentar ist jetzt aber überflüssig.

[1] „Grenfeld hatte die bösartigsten Kommentare auf der Zunge, doch um ihretwillen beherrschte er sich.“

[1] „Wir wissen nicht, ob die in Raschis Kommentaren vorhandenen jiddischen Glossen von ihm selbst stammen oder von seinen Schülern, die an der Niederschrift beteiligt waren.“

[1] „Letzteres beruht darauf, dass sich der Autor bei den Beschreibungen der Kriegsgräuel eines Kommentars enthält.“

[2] Der Kommentar in der FAZ war meiner Meinung nach etwas übertrieben.

[2] „Vereinfachend könnte man feststellen, daß in Nachrichten eine deskriptive und in Kommentaren eine argumentative Themenbehandlung zu beobachten ist.“

[2] „Trotz solcher Kommentare in traditionell eher regierungsskeptischen Blättern stand aber noch keineswegs fest, dass das deutsche Volk tatsächlich mehrheitlich dem Ruf des Reiches folgen und willig kämpfen würde.“

[3] Die Programmierer sind angehalten, ihre Programme mit Kommentaren zu versehen, damit ihre Kollegen später leichter Änderungen am Code vornehmen können.

[3] „Kommentare dienen dazu, den Quelltext für den Menschen leichter verständlich zu machen.“