Is it der, die oder das Troll?

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 Troll?

How does the declension of Troll 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] Germanic mythology: mostly claimable ghosts in giant or dwarf form

[2] Internet: Participants in web forums, newsgroups or the like who usually wants to provoke with his contributions and is not interested in a serious discussion that is fairly so that Netiquette

[1] Der Troll ist in der nordischen Mythologie das Gegenstück zur Fee, zur Elfe und zur Hexe.

[1] Nachts kam ein Troll und entführte das Neugeborene aus seiner Wiege.

[1] „Wir, die wir keine Geschichten von Gespenstern und Trollen hörten, mußten uns mit der klassischen Weltliteratur begnügen.“

[1] „Der Mann besprach also mit den Trollen, dass sie niemals einen Menschen töten würden, damit seine Frau unbeschadet mit ihnen leben konnte.“

[1] „Trolle sind groß und schwer, sie sind ungelenk und laut.“

[2] Wie kann man einen Troll, der ja nach Aufmerksamkeit lechzt, wieder loswerden?

[2] Was treibt diese Trolle wirklich an?

[2] Ein Glück, wer einen Troll sein eigen nennen kann. Als politischer Kommentator gehöre ich zu dieser Gruppe der Privilegierten. Und wenn ich Glück habe, dann lese ich in den Kommentar-Spalten unter diesem Kommentar wieder Neues von Wanda.

[2] „Der moderne Troll, der immer noch in feuchten Höhlen lebt, besitzt allerdings einen Computer, postet dumme politische Kommentare und nervt im Internet herum.“