Is it der, die oder das Reise?

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 Reise?

How does the declension of Reise 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] Moving from a starting point to a remote location with a stay home and back

[1] Die Reise nach New York war kurzweilig und angenehm.

[1] Die Reise nach China war ein großes Erlebnis.

[1] Er hat sich auf eine Reise durch Afrika begeben.

[1] Sie hat sich von ihrer Reise zurückgemeldet.

[1] Die beiden sind noch nicht wieder von ihrer Reise durch Belgien zurückgekehrt.

[1] Er ist geschäftlich viel auf Reisen.

[1] „Das besondere Faible Hans Meyers für den Gipfel des Kilimandscharo schlug sich in mehreren Reisen und einer Vielzahl von Büchern nieder.“[2]

[1] „Der nächste Abschnitt seiner Reise würde der bis dahin gefährlichste werden.“[3]

[1] „Denn nur ein Einziges entscheidet über den Wert einer Reise und den Sinn des Fortgehens: die mitgenommene Neugier, der Wissensdurst, die Freude am Entdecken, der Hunger nach allem.“[4]

[1] „Für Europa schätzt man um 1600 rund 100 Millionen Einwohner, für Amerika vor den Reisen des Columbus etwa 10 Millionen Einwohner.“[5]