Is it der, die oder das Petition?

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 Petition?

How does the declension of Petition 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] Written application (please, complaint) to the head of state, the parliament or an authority

[1] „Noch 24 Stunden, dann endet die Frist zur Mitzeich[n]ung einer öffentlichen Petition an den Deutschen Bundestag für mehr Wettbewerb auf dem Energiesektor.“

[1] „Eine Petition im Sinne des Grundgesetzes muss schriftlich erfolgen und den Absender erkennen lassen.“

[1] "Wenn 7,5 Millionen Menschen unsere Petition unterschrieben haben, heißt das auch, dass 7,5 Millionen Menschen bereit sind, im Namen einer sicheren Zukunft ihren Stromverbrauch zu reduzieren", sagt Fujimoto: "Es geht darum, die ganze Energiepolitik zu überdenken."

[1] „Seine Petitionen (oder die von Elizabeth in seinem Namen) schildern ihn als aufrechten, gebildeten Mann, einen Berufsmusiker, der durch widrige Umstände in Not geraten sei.“

[1] [Februar 2022:] „Eine Petition gegen den russischen Angriff auf die Ukraine hatte bis Samstag mehr als 780.000 Unterzeichner, so viele wie kaum eine andere Online-Petition in Russland in den vergangenen Jahren.“