Is it der, die oder das Wurf?

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 Wurf?

How does the declension of Wurf 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] Process, result of an action in which an object is promoted under strength expenditure over a certain distance from the air

[2] Translated: Result of an action

[3] In the case of fabrics: type of how the fabric falls

[4] In animals: quantity of the boys born in a row, descendants

[5] With wood: throwing yourself ("work")

[1] Der Wurf gelang so ihr gut, dass sie den Wettkampf gewann.

[2] Im Ergebnis stellte sich diese Aktion nicht gerade als ein gelungener Wurf heraus.

[3] Trotz mehrmaligem Bügeln stellte sich kein glatter Wurf des Vorhanges ein.

[4] Vier Kätzchen vom letzten Wurf haben überlebt.

[4] „Eine Kollegin bei der Arbeit hatte einen Wurf Kätzchen und versuchte, sie loszuwerden, und am Ende nahm meine Mutter ihr zwei ab.“

[4] „Der graue Hase hatte den Haarwechsel schon zur Hälfte hinter sich, die jungen Füchse vom diesjährigen Wurf schwärmten bereits aus, und die jungen Wölfe waren schon größer als Hunde.“

[5] Beim Zusammennageln muss man den Wurf des Holzes berücksichtigen.