Masculine nouns
der
Use der for masculine German nouns.
- male people and roles
- days, months, seasons
- many nouns ending in -er, -en, or -el
der Mann / der Tag / der Kopf
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Learn German noun gender by studying the article with the noun: der Mann, die Zeit, das Jahr. Use the patterns, examples, and noun pages below as a public article resource.
Masculine nouns
Use der for masculine German nouns.
der Mann / der Tag / der Kopf
Feminine nouns
Use die for feminine German nouns.
die Zeit / die Hand / die Tür
Neuter nouns
Use das for neuter German nouns.
das Jahr / das Zimmer / das Auge
Open any noun page for its article, gender, plural, meaning, and a simple practice sentence.
German has three grammatical genders in the singular: masculine nouns use der, feminine nouns use die, and neuter nouns use das in the nominative. Because meaning alone rarely predicts gender reliably, learn each noun as a complete phrase and use endings only as supporting clues.
No. Some suffixes and meaning groups are reliable, but German noun gender still contains exceptions. Learn the article with each noun.
No. Die marks feminine singular nouns in nominative and accusative, but it also marks all plural nouns in those cases.
Articles change with case. Masculine der becomes den in accusative and dem in dative; genitive uses des.
Yes. German plural formation is not fully predictable, so article, noun, and plural belong in the same vocabulary record.
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