Is it der, die oder das Realismus?

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 Realismus?

How does the declension of Realismus 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] General: correct, appropriate assessment of reality sense of reality

[2] Art/ literary studies: Artistic and literary current in the second half of the 19esh century with the aim of artistically presenting what was really considered

[3] Philosophy: current of philosophy that comes from a world that exists independently of our consciousness

[1] Mit seinem Realismus erkannte er, wo seine Grenzen sind.

[2] Jeremias Gotthelf ist ein Autor des Realismus.

[2] „Schon der Gegenstand seines ersten Werkes aus dem Jahr 1946 ist raumgreifend wie kein anderer. An ihm hat Klein schon früh seinen phantastischen Realismus erprobt.“

[2] „Der Gegensatz von Realismus und Idealismus ist nicht nur für die unterschiedliche Fassung der Darstellungsfunktion von Belang, sondern auch für die Bestimmung der Kommunikationsfunktion.“