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About die, das, der?
yevonnael

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# 16:16am - Wednesday, 10/24/2007
Can somebody tell me how to use die, das and der?
rincewind

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# 26:36pm - Wednesday, 10/24/2007
I am sorry to tell you, but there are no rules that tell you when you have to use der die or das.
Every noun has the article der, die OR das.
You have to learn it with every noun you learn
namski22

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# 310:51am - Monday, 11/5/2007
hi,

der- can be used when the word belongs to masculine gender.
die- can be used when the word belongs to feminine gender.
das- can be used to when the word belongs to neuter gender.
KarlHeinz

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# 45:07am - Sunday, 1/6/2008
There are certain rules. It is not as confusing as you might think.

Die for example words ending in "ung".

The list is rather extensive.

Suggest you obtain a copy of "Hammer's German Grammar and Usage". An outstanding book.
rohan

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# 51:12pm - Thursday, 1/24/2008
As I've read in other sites to learn german there are no rules and you must learn word by word. If you speak any latin lenguage (italian, french, spanish...) it could help you to understand the way to use "die" and "der" but nothing about "das".
hitman

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# 611:29am - Tuesday, 1/29/2008
i think the proplem is in das but i noticed that das is mainly in things that cant be touched like ( interview )and things that not very common used
skomie

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# 712:18am - Sunday, 3/2/2008
There is actually a long list of general rules, but exceptions are always found.

In general-

DER

People or animals
-der Student, Der Wolf, however, das Kind

Times of the year, months, days
-der Sommer, der Mai, der Montag

Sides of the earth
-der Süden, der Norden

Atmosphere
-der Schnee, der Regen

Names of automobiles
-der Fiat, der Mercedes

Nouns made from verbs
-der Schrei, der Kauf

Several nouns ending in –en
-der Hafen, der Laden

Some geographical names
-der Balkan, der Irak

Nouns of foreign roots ending in –ant, -är, -ent, -ier, -ikr, -ikus, -ismus, -ist, -or
- der Lieferant, der Militar, der Ballast, der Student, der Monteur, der Grenadier,

Names of rocks and minerals
-der Smaragd, except die Kreide

skomie

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# 812:19am - Sunday, 3/2/2008
DIE

People or animals (feminine)
-die Frau, die Ziege

Many trees or flowers
-die Buche, die Nelke

Planes and motorcycles
-die Boeing, die Kawasaki

Geographical names ending in –a, -e, -ei, -ie
-die Toskana, die Niederlande, die Lombardei, die Normandie
but die Schweiz, die Arktis, die Antarktis

Nouns formed from verbs ending in –t
-die Fahrt, die Sicht

Nouns with 2 syllables ending in –e
-die Sonne, die Miete

Nouns ending in –ei, -in, -heit, -keit, -schaft, -ung
-die Parei, die Lehrerin, die Gesundheit, die Sauberkeit, die Mannschaft, die Zeitung

Nouns of foreign roots ending in –a, -ade, -elle, - enz, -euse, -ie, -ik, -ion, -tät, -üre
-die Aula, die Blockade, die Bagatelle, die Konferenz, die Friseuse/die Frisöse, Industrie, die Kritik, die Demonstration, die Realität, die Maniküre

skomie

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# 912:20am - Sunday, 3/2/2008
DAS

Several words that begin with Ge-
-das Gebäude, das Geräusch, das Gewisse

Substantivized parts of speech
-das Ich, das Gute, das Sprechen, das Wenn und das Aber

Small or cute forms ending in –chen, -lein
-das Schwesterchen, das Büchlein,

Nouns ending in –tum, -mal
-das Denkmal, das Brauchtum
except der Irrtum, der Reichtum

Nouns of foreign influence ending in -at, -ett, -(i)um, -ment
-das Zitat, das Ballett, das Museum, das Appartement

Names of Metals
-das Blei


It's hard to memorize these all, but some of the bigger, more general rules are helpful.
kitty

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# 108:48pm - Saturday, 5/17/2008
hey guys!
Ireally think that it would be best to simply learn the gender of the words while learning vocabulary.


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