Gender and Article German nouns are divided into three groups three grammatical “genders”: 1. masculine Vater Onkel Koffer The gender is expressed through the article, either the definite article (the) or indefinite (a) DER(der Vater, der Onkel, der Koffer) EIN(ein Vater, ein Onkel, ein Koffer)
Gender and Article German nouns are divided into three groups three grammatical “genders”: 2. feminine Mutter Schwester Universität DIE (die Mutter, die Schwester, die Universität) EINE (eine Mutter, deine Schwester, eine Universität)
Gender and Article German nouns are divided into three groups three grammatical “genders”: 3. neuter Kind Auto DAS(Das Kind, das Auto) EIN(ein Kind, ein Auto)
German also has several different ways to form the plural: (no change)der Kofferdie Koffer add Umlaut “der Vaterdie Väter add eder Schuhdie Schuhe add Umlaut “eder Anzugdie Anzüge add erdas Kleiddie Kleider add Umlaut “erdas Hausdie Häuser add ndie Schwesterdie Schwestern addendas Hemd die Hemden addsdas Radiodie Radios addseder Busdie Busse change um to endas Museumdie Museen
pronouns Pronouns are “stand-ins” for nouns. Since there are three genders there are three different pronouns in the singular: All masculine nouns are represented by ER Der Pullover ist warm.Er ist warm. All feminine nouns are represented by SIE Die Bluse ist bunt. Sie ist bunt. All neuter nouns are represented by ES Das Hemd ist neu.Es ist neu. All plural nouns are represented by SIE Die Eltern sind zu Hause.Sie sind zu Hause.