Is it der, die oder das Maulwurf?

DER

The correct article in German of Maulwurf is der. So it is der Maulwurf! (nominative case)

The word Maulwurf is masculine, therefore the correct article is der.

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.

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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 Maulwurf?

How does the declension of Maulwurf 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	Singular	Plural
Nominative	der Maulwurf	die Maulwürfe
Genitive	des Maulwurfs des Maulwurfes	der Maulwürfe
Dative	dem Maulwurf dem Maulwurfe	den Maulwürfen
Akkusative	den Maulwurf	die Maulwürfe

What is the meaning of Maulwurf in German?

Maulwurf has various definitions in German:

[1] Zoology: Family of the Talpidae, a mammalian that digs through the earth

[1] Zoologie: Familie der Talpidae, ein Säugetier, das sich durch die Erde gräbt

[2] Translated: A spy that foers into a company or institution and only becomes active after a while for the purpose of camouflage and takes up his activity

[2] übertragen: ein Spion, der sich in eine Firma oder Institution einschleicht und zum Zwecke der Tarnung erst nach einiger Zeit aktiv wird und seine Tätigkeit aufnimmt