Is it der, die oder das Wortwahl?

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 Wortwahl?

How does the declension of Wortwahl 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] (conscious) selection of the words that are used for an oral or written statement

[1] Durch eine geschickte Wortwahl kann man harsche Kritik wie ein Lob aussehen lassen.

[1] „Als Stilblüte bezeichnet man Formulierungen, die durch einen Missgriff in der Wortwahl, Wortstellung oder durch Doppeldeutigkeit ungewollt komisch wirken. Viele angebliche Stilblüten sind Phantasieprodukte.“

[1] „Britting schrieb nicht in Mundart; seine künstlerisch komponierte Sprache spiegelt jedoch in Satzbau und Wortwahl Eigenheiten des süddeutschen Idioms.“

[1] „Doch auch wenn die Politiker von heute eine eher biedere Wortwahl treffen, so schaffen sie es dennoch, der deutschen Sprache immer wieder frische, neue Energie zu verleihen.“

[1] „Seine Betrachtungen prüften die Wortwahl und die Verwendung bildlicher Ausdrücke.“

[1] „Ihr Tod war genauso wenig ein Unfall, wie mein Hintern ein Unfall ist, sagte ich zu Svanhvít und hoffte, dass sie nicht empfindlich war, eine klitzekleine Portion grober Wortwahl zu ertragen.“