For nouns, these are mostly words for people, plants or other things that you can see, touch or feel
and they are used with the article “the” (the child, the apple, the fear, the dog).
In the English language the article the has always the same form: the. Not so in the German
language. The article depends on the gender (male, female or neutral) of the noun, to which the article belongs to.
the man - der Mann. The arcticle "der" shows that the noun "Mann" is male.
the woman - die Frau. The arcticle "die" shows that the noun "Frau" is female.
the car - das Auto. The arcticle "das" shows that the noun "Auto" is neutral.
But there is no rule, that only male persons are male nouns and female persons are
female nouns. Many more nouns also are male or female. And many nouns are neutral. That's why
there is no help - you must learn the article always together with the noun.
| the letter | - | der Brief | (male) |
| the stone | - | der Stein | (male) |
| the bag | - | die Tasche | (female) |
| the candle | - | die Kerze | (female) |
| the cellphone | - | das Handy | (neutral) |
| the charger | - | das Ladegerät | (neutral) |
Learn these words and then see the following exercises.
| ist | - | is | |
| schwer | - | heavy | |
| der Stein | - | the stone | |
| nass | - | wet | |
| die Tasche | - | the bag | |
| groß | - | big | |
| die Kerze | - | the candle | |
| to light | - | leuchten | |
| hell | - | bright | |
| das Handy | - | the cellphone | |
| neu | - | new | |
| das Ladegerät | - | the charger | |
| schwarz | - | black |
Der Brief ist schwer. - The letter is heavy.
Der Stein ist nass. - The Stone is wet.
Die Tasche ist groß. - The bag is big.
Die Kerze leuchtet hell - The candle lights brightly.
Das Handy ist neu. - The Cellphone is new.
Das Ladegerät ist schwarz. - The charger is black.