Is it der, die oder das Mondlandung?

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 Mondlandung?

How does the declension of Mondlandung 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] Space: Landing a space on the earthly moon

[1] Am 20. Juli 1969, 21.17 Uhr MEZ, fand die erste bemannte Mondlandung statt.

[1] Vor 50 Jahren schafften die Amerikaner die Mondlandung praktisch mit ein paar Taschenrechnern. Aber ich kann nicht mal eine E-Mail versenden, weil dieser verdammte Rechner nicht funktioniert.

[1] „Apollo (auch Apollon): Gott der Sonne und des Lichts. Bei der NASA wählte man diesen Namen für das Raumfahrtprojekt, das schließlich zur Mondlandung führte, da man an die Sonnenfahrt des Apollon erinnern wollte.“

[1] „Zwei Jahre bevor die USA mit der Mondlandung von Apollo 11 Weltraumgeschichte schrieben, hatte das Programm mit einem folgenschweren Unfall begonnen. Bei einem fehlgeschlagenen Test erstickten drei Astronauten.“

[1] „Der amerikanische Astronaut [Eugene Cernan] flog insgesamt dreimal ins All, zuerst 1966 mit ‚Gemini 9‘. 1969 nahm er an der ‚Apollo 10‘-Mission teil, bei der die Landefähre für die erste Mondlandung im gleichen Jahr abschließend getestet wurde.“