Is it der, die oder das Neon?

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 Neon?

How does the declension of Neon 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] Chemistry: Color, taste and odorless chemical element with the order number 10 in the periodic system, which belongs to the group of noble gases

[1] Neon wurde 1898 von Sir William Ramsay und Morris William Travers entdeckt.

[1] Unter düsterer Neon-Dekoration lieferte ein weiß gewandeter Billy Corgan ein dramaturgisch unausgegorenes, aber technisch brillant vorgetragenes Gemisch aus Klassikern wie „Tonight“ und Nummern aus dem kommenden Album „Zeitgeist“.

[1] Wo gestern noch eine Baulücke an ein schadhaftes Gebiss erinnerte, glänzt heute ein raffiniert beleuchtetes Stahl-und-Glas-Gebäude, das Sperrmüllambiente der Economy-Gaststätten hat einem Chic aus Chrom und Neon Platz gemacht, dessen Vorbilder in New York zu finden sind.