Is it der, die oder das Komödie?

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 Komödie?

How does the declension of Komödie 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] Literature, no plural: genus of the drama with often humorous content and a happy ending

[2] Film or stage play that is designed to be funny

[3] Small Theater, in which comedies [2] are listed primarily

[4] Translated, colloquially: pretended, played sensations

[5] Translated: amusing, strange incident

[1] Die griechisch-römische Komödie ist für die Entwicklung der späteren europäischen Komödie von elementarer Bedeutung.

[2] Shakespeare hat auch Komödien geschrieben.

[2] „Es könnte ihnen die Lippen streng zusammenziehen, daß sich in dieser Komödie anmutiger Humor mit tieferem Sinn vereinigt.“

[2] Wenn ich Filme gucke, dann am liebsten Komödien.

[2] „Sie hatte mir gesagt, daß sie noch nie Komödien oder andere Bühnenstücke gesehen habe, und ich war sogleich entschlossen, ihr zu diesem Vergnügen zu verhelfen.“

[3] In der Komödie am Marktplatz wird morgen eine Uraufführung stattfinden.

[4] Glaub ihr nicht! Sie spielt uns doch nur eine Komödie vor!

[5] Was für eine Komödie war das gewesen, bis Maxi, Alice und Lou unter der Haube waren.

[5] „Natürlich kamen mir die neuesten Dramen und Komödien des Christenviertels zu Ohren.“