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 Robot?

How does the declension of Robot 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[1] Outdated, landscape, particularly Bohemian, Moravian, referred to feudalistic conditions: as a kind of service of (serf) peasants for their loanical work to be performed

[2] Especially Austrian, outdated: free work, which is done on their own free will and casual to the extent of a peasant neighborhood aid or in the service of the community

[3] Austrian: (physically) difficult work

[1] „Von diesen Mitteln und der Art und Weise, wie die Robot abgelöst werden könnte und sollte, will ich hier handeln, und dabei hauptsächlich jenes besagte Gesetz in Auge behalten; kann es aber auch nicht unterlassen, früher einiges über den Ursprung und die rechtliche Natur der Robot in den böhmischen Ländern, dann über deren Einfluß auf unsere Landwirtschaft zu sagen, um von meinen geehrten Lesern, besonders den Landleuten, besser verstanden zu werden.“

German declension of Robot?

How does the declension of Robot 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] NAMIBIACE South Africa (Kwazulu-Natal): Appendix equipped with light signals, which serves to regulate traffic

[1] „Die Autofahrer und die Zeitungen nehmen denn auch, was die Verkehrsampeln oder Robots — wie man hier sagt — anbetrifft, kein Blatt vor den Mund.“

[1] „Im Jahre 1955 wurden die ersten Verkehrsampeln in Windhoek errichtet, man nannte sie aber prompt Robot, so wie man den Ausdruck von Südafrika her kannte.“