Is it der, die oder das Kralle?

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 Kralle?

How does the declension of Kralle 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] Biology: grown from horn, curved, pointed skin formation on the toes and front toes of vertebrates

[2] Biology: structures on the extremities of artists

[3] colloquially: hand

[4] General: Device in the form of a claw [1]

[4a] claw -shaped device to tear out something, for example

[4b] Mechanical immobilizer for automobiles

[4c] garden equipment for loosening the soil

[4D] Medieval torture device made of iron, with which pieces of meat are torn from the body of the victim

[1] „Die Kralle gehört zu den Hautanhangsgebilden und ist dem Nagel der Menschen und Menschenaffen und dem Huf und der Klaue der Huftiere homolog.“

[1] „Sie waren auf diese Kralle, für die man sich beinahe ein Schutzfutteral gewünscht hätte, besonders stolz, weil sie als beweiskräftiges Zeichen dafür gelten konnte, daß sie keine gewöhnliche körperliche Arbeit zu verrichten brauchten.“

[1] „So lebte er, selbst ein verstümmeltes wildes Tier, von den Krallen der Adler, den Branten der Luchse und silberbraunen Berglöwen.“

[4a] Die Diebe zogen das Autoradio mit einer Kralle aus seiner Halterung.

[4d] „Die Folterer benutzten dieses Gerät um Fleisch von den Knochen ihrer Opfer zu reißen. Die Gefolterten starben oft an Infektionen verursacht von den schmutzigen Krallen.“

[4d] „Es gab "Brustkrallen", die die Brüste zerfleischten; andere Krallen, die, rot glühend gemacht, "lediglich" einen "Biss" auf den Brüsten unverheirateter Mütter verursachten, während ihre Kinder zu Füßen der Mutter lagen und mit deren Blut bespritzt wurden.“