Is it der, die oder das Video?

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 Video?

How does the declension of Video 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] Short for: video film, optical sequence of changing single images (also with soundtrack), originally made for transmission on television

[2] Short for: Any video data machine medium on which an electronically coded film is stored or recorded

[3] IT: A file that contains an electronically recorded film that can be shown on the computer screen

[4] Short for: video technology, technology for electronic recording, processing, transmission and reproduction of moving images

[1] Ich habe mir ein Video ausgeliehen.

[1] „Es gibt ein Video von Donald Trump, das einen das Fürchten lehren kann; Mehr als Hunderttausend sehen es derzeit auf Youtube.“

[1] „Das soziale Netzwerk TikTok, wo die meisten der Videos hochgeladen werden, reagiert ebenfalls auf die gefährliche Challenge.“

[2] Es wurde auf Video festgehalten.

[3] Schick mir mal dieses lustige Video.

[3] „Ein kurzes Video über WhatsApp hatte damals genügt, um aus Deutschland Toms Zustimmung zur Anmietung zu geben, falls der Wechsel in die USA klappen würde.“

[3] „Ich war gut darin, alberne kleine Videos zu machen, zum Beispiel, wie ich den Schlüssselbund suchte, während er am eigenen Brillenbügel hing.“

[4] „Bei Video und Fernsehen werden in den europäischen Verfahren PAL und SECAM 25 Bilder bzw. 50 Halbbilder pro Sekunde gezeigt, da dies der in europäischen Stromnetzen üblichen Wechselstromfrequenz von 50 Hertz entspricht.“