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 Prolog?

How does the declension of Prolog 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] Introduction to a drama, to perform a drama

[2] Preface, introduction to a following text

[3] Computer science: A logical programming language

[4] A Slavic list of saints

[5] Starting time in the bike race

[1] Vor Goethes Tragödie »Faust Erster Teil« steht der „Prolog im Himmel“.

[2] „Das letzte Kapitel hat noch einmal gezeigt, wovon schon im Prolog die Rede war – die Welt des Jiddischen, die es ohnehin kaum noch gibt, ist im deutschen Sprachraum zur fernen Vergangenheit geworden.“

[2] „Manchmal hebt die Erzählung mit einem Prolog oder, besser, einer Art sehr langsam einsetzenden Prologes an, in dem jedoch die Hauptelemente der Geschichte in Gestalt von Anspielungen konzentriert sind.“

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[5] Den Prolog konnte der Vorjahressieger wieder gewinnen.

German declension of Prolog?

How does the declension of Prolog 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] Computer science: prologue, prologue

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