German Words with DER
All nouns with the article «der» — 2.054 words
eel
reduction
demolition
impression
evening
trash can
departure
drain
drain cleaner
departure
abyss
slope
process
departure day
farewell
advent
filing cabinet
nightmare
der Words at a Glance
Over 1,400 German words take the article der. You can browse them below — alphabetically sorted, with meaning and declension. Many der words share a pattern. Endings like -er, -ling, -ismus, and -or almost always mean der. The same rule works for days, months, and seasons: der Montag, der Januar, der Sommer. In the accusative, der becomes den. In the dative, dem. In the genitive, des. Learn the article with each word. This habit saves hours later.
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Around 1,400 German words take the article der. These include male people like der Mann (man), der Vater (father), and der Bruder (brother). Days (der Montag), months (der Januar), seasons (der Sommer), and many professions (der Lehrer, der Arzt) also use der. Nouns ending in -er, -ling, -ismus, and -or are almost always der words.
Five endings reveal der words almost every time: -er (der Lehrer), -ling (der Lehrling), -ismus (der Kapitalismus), -or (der Motor), and -ant/-ent (der Student). These rules work in about 90 percent of cases. Also, days, months, seasons, and compass points always take der: der Montag, der Januar, der Sommer, der Osten.
The most frequent der words are: der Tag (day), der Mann (man), der Weg (way), der Herr (sir), der Kopf (head), der Staat (state), der Fall (case), der Grund (reason), der Teil (part), der Punkt (point), der Moment, der Name, der Vater, der Freund, and der Platz. These words appear in almost every German text.
Yes, several important exceptions exist. Die Butter ends in -er but takes die. Die Mutter (mother), die Schwester (sister), and die Nummer (number) are other -er exceptions. Das Fenster (window), das Messer (knife), and das Zimmer (room) also take das despite their -er ending. The suffix rules work about 80 percent of the time.
Der changes depending on the case. Nominative (who?): der Mann kommt. Accusative (whom?): ich sehe den Mann. Dative (to whom?): ich helfe dem Mann. Genitive (whose?): das Auto des Mannes. So remember the pattern: der → den → dem → des. This declension applies to all masculine nouns in the singular.