When to use “der/die/das” instead of “er/sie/es”?
Der, Die, Das is mostly used when talking about objects: Der is masculin Die is feminine Das is neutral. Der Apfel, Die Schule, Das Haus The Apple, The School, The House er, sie, es is used when talking about Living Things like People or Animals Er is masculin. Sie is feminine. Es is neutral. Er hat einen Apfel. Sie hat einen Apfel. Es hat ...
Why "the girl" is "das Mädchen" and not "die Mädchen"?
Feb 21, 2020 · Blättchen (=small leave), Wörtchen (=small word), Häuschen (=small house), Tierchen (=small animal), Dienstmädchen* (= servent girl)* ,Hündchen (=puppy), Schulmädchen (=school girl). Similarly, girl in english are used to indicate small/cute female, in German girl are referred as "Mädchen". Now we use "das" with words having "Chen ...
Der Die Das <Brand> - Company names - German Language …
Oct 20, 2020 · Das Unternehmen [not: er, sie oder es!] hat etwa 148.000 Mitarbeiter und ist der größte Softwarehersteller der Welt. If you absolutely want and need gender, then try and derive one from the company's legal denomination, in most cases you will be ending up with "Gesellschaft" (or "corporation"), thus ending up with female.
Den, der, das, and die? - German Language Stack Exchange
Sep 12, 2015 · der Ball (m), die Hand (f), das Haus (n), with the plural forms. die Bälle, die Hände, die Häuser. In the accusative case, these become: den Ball, die Hand, das Haus, die Bälle, die Hände, die Häuser. In the dative case: dem Ball, der Hand, dem Haus, den Bällen, den Händen, den Häusern. And in the genitive case: des Ball(e)s, der Hand ...
Understanding die, der and das - German Language Stack Exchange
Jun 16, 2011 · Der, die and das are definite articles. You decide which you have to use depending on the gender of the noun. In the German language there are three genders: masculine -> der. feminine -> die. neuter -> das. For some nouns it is obvious which gender they are: die Frau - the woman. der Mann - the man.
''Dies'' oder ''Das''? - German Language Stack Exchange
Oct 26, 2013 · Add a comment. Der Unterschied ist, daß dies spezifischer als das ist; das übersetzt sich zu "the/this/that", während mit dies "the/this/that one (in particular)" gemeint ist. Folgerichtig muß man dies anstelle von das verwenden, falls ein bestimmtes Objekt zu betonen ist. Add a comment. Post Your Answer.
When to use "der" or "den"? - German Language Stack Exchange
Aug 20, 2014 · In your example the line "Die Frau isst den Apfel" is the correct one. The article of "der Apfel" would change again if we would say "Die Frau isst den Kern des Apfels" (the core of the apple i.e. the genitive is used). Even if the women eats a carrot (die Karotte), then the accusative is in use (although you can't see it because it looks the ...
Der, die oder das E-Mail? - German Language Stack Exchange
May 8, 2019 · My personal experience is that indeed most people use die E-Mail in Germany; according to the comments, people tend to say das E-Mail in Austria and Switzerland. Note that the Duden lists the word as E-Mail , not Email (the latter being also a German word for enamel ).
grammatical case - When to use das/die/der and when ein/eine?
Jan 15, 2016 · 2. I'm just starting with German and got a bit lost when one should use der/die/das and when ein/eine. I suppose it should be something like "a" or "the" in English depending if we're talking about something concrete or something in general. P.S.: consider nominative only.
What is the gender distribution of nouns in the German language?
Feb 7, 2012 · It turned out that my list contains around 10.375 nouns, of which about 44% are feminine, 36% are masculine, and 19% are neutral. 47 nouns can be used with any of two genders (e.g. der/das Kalkül or die/das Soja) and Joghurt can be used with either of the three genders: der/die/das Joghurt