German Definite Articles:
The definite articles in German refer to specific persons, objects, ideas, etc. and they are: der, die, das, die (plural). They all mean the expression “the” in English, "der" is used for masculine nouns, "dieis" used for feminine nouns, "das" is used for neuter nouns, and finally "die" used also for plural nouns.
German Definite Article | |
Masculine | der Mann (the man) |
Feminine | die Frau (the woman) |
Neuter | das Brot (the bread) |
Plural | die Männer (the men), die Frauen (the women), die Brote (the breads) |
Well, that’s not all; the form we went through above is only for the nominative case. Now let’s have a look at all the rest:
Nominative case | der | die | das | die | the |
Accusative case | den | die | das | die | the |
Dative case | dem | der | dem | den | to the |
Genitive cases | des | der | des | der | of the |