Is it der, die oder das Mord?

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 Mord?

How does the declension of Mord 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] Right: intentional killing of a person under qualified circumstances according to German criminal law is a murderer who is out of murder, to satisfy the sex drive, greed or otherwise for low motives, insidiously or cruel or with common means or to have a different crime enable or cover, kill a person

[2] colloquially: killing general, killing a person

[1] Während der Bundesgerichtshof Mord als selbständigen Tatbestand ansieht, hält die herrschende Meinung Mord für eine Qualifikation des Totschlags.

[1] Sie wurde wegen Mordes an zwei Wachmännern angeklagt.

[1] Er wurde des Mordes an einem Taxifahrer für schuldig befunden.

[2] Für die Familie ist es Mord, was da am letzten Samstag im April geschah, völlig unabhängig von der Meinung und Einschätzung eines Gerichts.

[2] Sich selbst zu töten ist kein Mord.

[2] „Fragt man beispielsweise einen Bundesbürger, wie viele Morde seiner Meinung nach pro Jahr in Deutschland verübt werden und ob die Mordrate zu- oder abnehmend sei, so liegt die Antwort meist bei weit über tausend Opfern, Tendenz steigend.“