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 Nova?

How does the declension of Nova 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] Astronomy: Brightness outbreak in a narrow double star system that arises from an explosive ignition of the hydrogen burning on the surface of a white dwarf

[1] „»Nova bläht sich auf und platzt.« Mit diesem nur sechs Worte umfassenden Satz, den 1925 der Leiter einer Sternwarte als Telegramm an seine Kollegen in aller Welt schickte, ist das Phänomen gut beschrieben. Tatsächlich bläht sich der Stern so stark auf, daß sein Durchmesser auf das 200- bis 300fache wächst. Die Oberfläche kann dabei bis zum 100000fachen wachsen; daher die enorme Zunahme der Helligkeit. Die Nova zerplatzt: auch dies ist buchstäblich wahr, denn es ist beobachtet worden, daß die Nova auf dem Höhepunkt ihrer Aktivität Gashüllen abstößt, die sich mit gewaltiger Geschwindigkeit ausdehnen; dabei kann es vorkommen, daß später abgestoßene Schalen eine größere Geschwindigkeit haben und frühere einholen, was sich im Spektrum abzeichnet. Die Schalen liegen im allgemeinen wie konzentrische Kugeln ineinander.“

German declension of Nova?

How does the declension of Nova 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] Female first name

[1] Nova braucht dringend Nachhilfe in Latein und Physik.