Is it der, die oder das Streich?

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 Streich?

How does the declension of Streich 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] The go for a person for the purpose of amusement

[2] Octed: blow, hit

[1] Die Schüler spielten dem Lehrer einen Streich, als sie ihm Zahnpaste unter die Türklinke schmierten.

[1] Jemandem Reißzwecken auf den Stuhl zu legen ist ein übler Streich, über den bestimmt niemand lachen kann.

[1] Wilhelm Busch erdachte die Streiche von Max und Moritz.

[1] „Dieser Veyras war der beste Freund, den ich im Kolleg hatte, das heißt, er half mir bei allen Streichen, die oft auf seine Erfindung zurückgingen.“

[1] „Wir haben uns gegenseitig Streiche gespielt.“

[2] Bist du so ein Kerl? sprach er und mußte selbst seine Tapferkeit bewundern[…] Sieben auf einen Streich! (Gebrüder Grimm, Das tapfere Schneiderlein)