Is it der, die oder das Ross?

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 Ross?

How does the declension of Ross 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] raised, plural 1: noble horse, especially for riding

[2] Southern German, Austrian, Swiss, Plural 2: Horse, Hauspferd

[3] Springer, a chess figure

[4] colloquially, plural 2: bullshit, stupid person

[5] colloquial, coarse, plural 2: man with great resistance and massive physique

[1] Der König reitet auf einem Ross daher.

[1] „Gestern noch auf stolzen Rossen, heute durch die Brust geschossen, morgen in das kühle Grab“

[1] „So sprengte die Gestalt auf schwarzem Ross dahin.“

[1] „Er wählte flugs Gewand und Hut, hieß zwei Diener mitgehn und begab sich auf stattlichem Rosse sofort zu Familie Hwa.“

[2] Die Rösser, auf denen Igor reiten lernt, stammen alle aus einem Wanderzirkus.

[3] Ross schlägt Läufer.

[4] Du bist vielleicht ein Ross!

[5] So ein Ross wie ihn haut das nicht um.