Bestimmte Artikel
Definite articles
Was ist ein Artikel?
What is an article?
Articles are small words that go before a noun. The article tells you the noun's gender.
Watch out: German genders often don't match your intuition, so learn every noun together with its article.
der, das, die
Three genders
der — masculine
- der Junge — the boy
- der Hund — the dog
das — neuter
- das Schwein — the pig
- das Pferd — the horse
die — feminine and plural
- die Katze — the cat
- die Äpfel — the apples
der Hund, das Pferd, die Katze
Nouns with their article
der
der Hund — dog
der Mann — man
das
das Pferd — horse
das Mädchen — girl
die
die Katze — cat
die Frau — woman
Check yourself
Choose the article
___ Pferd
derdasdie
Answer
das — Pferd is neuter, so it takes das: das Pferd.
Check yourself
Choose the article
___ Äpfel
derdasdie
Answer
die — Äpfel is plural, and the plural always takes die.