Is it der, die oder das Wehrmacht?

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 Wehrmacht?

How does the declension of Wehrmacht 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[1] Outdated: entirety of all armed forces

[2] Historical: All of all armed forces in the German Reich from 1935 (the Reichswehr was renamed in Wehrmacht) until the overall capital 1945 or 1946 of the official resolution (no plural)

[1] Bei Waterloo wurde die Napoleonische Wehrmacht besiegt.

[2] „Bis Mitte 1941 wurde der noch auf Europa beschränkte Konflikt von der Wehrmacht vorwiegend als Eroberungskrieg geführt.“

[2] „Ich hatte einen polnischen Großvater, der auf den Namen Tarkowski hörte und während des Zweiten Weltkrieges Zwangsarbeiter in Deutschland war; ich habe einen deutschen Großvater, der Botta hieß und zur selben Zeit für die Wehrmacht an der Ostfront kämpfte.“

[2] „Die deutsche Wehrmacht hat mit aller Kraft versucht, die Stadt zu halten.“

[2] „In den Jahren 1939/1940 errichtete die deutsche Wehrmacht an dieser Stelle eine Artilleriekaserne, die nach Fertigstellung in ein Lazarett umgewandelt wurde.“

[2] „1938 wurde die Spanische Reitschule der deutschen Wehrmacht eingegliedert.“