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 Zink?

How does the declension of Zink 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] Chemistry: Chemical element with the order number of 30 people bluish-white, easily formable metal

[1] Zink ist ein wichtiges Spurenelement.

[1] Die 10, 20 und 50 Eurocent-Münzen bestehen aus einer Legierung aus Kupfer, Aluminium, Zink und Zinn.

[1] „Das Zink schützt aktiv und passiv gegen Korrosion, d. h., es bildet einerseits eine Barriere und schützt andererseits auch freiliegende benachbarte Eisenflächen sowie Schichtfehler vor Korrosion, indem es wie eine Opferanode wirkt.“

[1] „In die nun leere Hülle gießt er das heiße, flüssige Metall, eine Legierung aus Kupfer und anderen Elementen, vor allem Zinn oder Zink.“

German declension of Zink?

How does the declension of Zink 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] Music: Historical wind instrument with a conical wooden tube or ivory, handle holes and an attached or twisted trumpet mouthpiece

[1] Der Zink war ein Sopraninstrument im mittelalterlichen Bläserchor.