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 König?

How does the declension of König 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] Highest or historically high (according to the emperor) of a monarchical dignitar of a state, a kingdom of the name of the name of title names

[2] Chess: The most important figure in chess game

[3] Card game: Playing card in different card games

[4] Translated: The most important, most successful, most powerful or best known person from a group

[5] Metallurgy: metal king, regulus, the metal lumps obtained when melting the ores when trying the ores, when melting metal connections

[1] Der König stattete der Stadt einen Besuch ab.

[1] „Deshalb nimmt es der König als einen Verwaltungs- oder Mildtätigkeitsmangel … Armut und Verbrechen sind zwei große Übel; wer kann sie heilen?“.[4]

[1] „Am Ende dieses Ganges aber traf er einen Kammerdiener, der ihn, nach vorgängiger Meldung, in das Arbeitskabinett des Königs führte.“[5]

[1, 4] „Der Tisch biegt sich schier unter der Last der köstlichen Speisen, die der König von Capri für das Fest mit seinen Freunden geordert hat.“[6]

[2] Wenn man den König ungeschützt lässt, kann er leicht Schach gesetzt werden.

[3] Die Dame kann mit einem König oder einem Ass überboten werden.

[3] „Ehe er Besorgungen macht, packt er die Zettel aus, blättert sie durch, legt sie dann aus wie eine Patience und ordnet sie nach ihrer Wichtigkeit, indem er kleine Häufchen bildet, so wie man Asse, Könige, Damen, Buben voneinander scheidet.“[7]

[4] Er ist der König der Briefmarkensammler.

German declension of König?

How does the declension of König 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] German surname, family name

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