Is it der, die oder das Supernova?

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 Supernova?

How does the declension of Supernova 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] Astronomy: Extreme brightness outbreak of Massericher stars at the end of their existence, which comes through a gravitational collapse of the star by exhausting the core fusion inside

[1] Durch eine Supernova kann, je nach Masse des Sterns ein Neutronenstern oder ein schwarzes Loch entstehen.

[1] „Doch zuverlässig arbeitet das Verfahren erst seit 1979: Damals empfingen die Astronomen das grelle Licht einer explodierenden Supernova in der Galaxie "M 100" - der kosmische Blitz ermöglichte eine Parademessung, die den Himmelsgeometern seither als eine Art Eichstab dient.“

[1] „SN 1987A ist die erdnächste Supernova, die seit der Supernova 1604 beobachtet werden konnte. Sie wurde am 24. Februar 1987 entdeckt und fand in der Großen Magellanschen Wolke (GMW) statt. Diese ist etwa 48.000 ± 5.000 Parsec entfernt, was rund 157.000 ± 16.000 Lichtjahren entspricht.“