Der, Die or Das?
How to identify the correct article
Many German nouns reveal their article through their suffix. Learn these rules and you will guess the correct article much more often.
der
Masculine Suffixes (der)
-eralmost always derexpand_more
-lingalmost always derexpand_more
-ismusalmost always derexpand_more
-oralmost always derexpand_more
-ant / -entalmost always derexpand_more
-ichalmost always derexpand_more
Days of the weekalmost always derexpand_more
Monthsalmost always derexpand_more
Seasonsalmost always derexpand_more
die
Feminine Suffixes (die)
-ungalmost always dieexpand_more
-heitalmost always dieexpand_more
-keitalmost always dieexpand_more
-schaftalmost always dieexpand_more
-tätalmost always dieexpand_more
-ionalmost always dieexpand_more
-ikalmost always dieexpand_more
das
Neuter Suffixes (das)
-chenalmost always dasexpand_more
-leinalmost always dasexpand_more
-mentalmost always dasexpand_more
-umalmost always dasexpand_more
-nisalmost always dasexpand_more
Ge-almost always dasexpand_more
-tumalmost always dasexpand_more
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Tips & Exceptions
Exceptions prove the rule. When in doubt, always memorize the article with the noun.
der
-er-ling-ismus-or-ant/-ent
die
-ung-heit-keit-schaft-tät-ion
das
-chen-lein-ment-um-nisGe-
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Zeitung
(Suffix: -ung)
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