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 Type?

How does the declension of Type 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] Individual element of a font

[2] Person with typical characteristics, striking person

[3] Measure for the mineral content of the flour

[1] So kann ich den Brief nicht abschicken, ich muss wohl die Typen reinigen und ihn noch mal tippen.

[1] „Diese Schreiben mit ihren schöngedruckten Anlagen kamen fertig aus einer Druckerei, der Werbebrief selbst war mit einer Type täuschend ähnlich einer Schreibmaschinenschrift gedruckt.“

[2] Der Mann war eine ganz besondere Type.

[3] Weizenauszugsmehl der Type 405, das Standardmehl im Privathaushalt, enthält 405 mg Rohasche (Mineralstoffe) je 100 g Trockenmasse.

German declension of Type?

How does the declension of Type 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] Linguistics: Quantity of tokens that represent the same word (or other linguistic unit)

[1] Unter „Token“ versteht man jedes einzelne Wort in einem Text; die verschiedenen Wörter werden dagegen als Types aufgefasst.

[2] „Token sind raum-zeitlich fixierte Entitäten, die aufgrund ihrer Ähnlichkeit zu anderen raum-zeitlich fixierten Entitäten und aufgrund in ihnen realisierter wesentlicher Merkmale eines abstrakten Musters als Token eines Types identifiziert werden.“

[2] „Damit hat Kunickij, mehr intuitiv als bewusst, die Anzahl von Tokens und Types gegenübergestellt und eben das als ein adäquates Verfahren angesehen, welches es erlaubt den lexikalischen Reichtum eines Autors zu erfassen.“