Is it der, die oder das Leopard?

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 Leopard?

How does the declension of Leopard 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] Zoology: (Housed in Africa and Asia, belonging to the large cats) predator (Panthera Pardus), the fur of which is mostly colored to reddish to reddish yellow and provided with small black ring leaves

[2] Heraldik: heraldic animal in the form of the large cat described under [1]

[1] Leoparden sind schnelle Raubtiere.

[1] „Leoparden haben eines der größten Verbreitungsgebiete aller Großkatzen.[…]Leoparden sind außergewöhnlich kräftige, muskulöse Räuber.[…]Das Fell der Leoparden war lange Zeit sehr begehrt und wurde zu teuren Pelzen verarbeitet.[…]Dank erfolgreicher Handelsbeschränkungen und verändertem Käuferverhalten ist der Pelzhandel mittlerweile jedoch keine Gefahr mehr für das Überleben der Leoparden. Hauptbedrohungen sind heute Zerstörung des Lebensraums und direkte Bejagung aus Angst vor Mensch-Leoparden-Konflikten.“

[2] „Daran erinnern der Leopard, das Wappentier der Fürsten von Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst sowie die Spaltung von Silber und Blau aus dem Wappen der Grafen von Steinsheim.“