The definite article in German

Let’s take a closer look at the declension of the definite article in German:

The definite article in German
	masculine	feminine	neuter	plural
nominative	der	die	das	die
genitive	des	der	des	der
dative	dem	der	dem	den
accusative	den	die	das	die

The fact that in plural there is only one form for any gender should make this a bit easier for you to remember.

Let’s take a closer look at an example:
das Haus – the house

Example:
	singular	plural
NOM	das Haus Das Haus ist groß. The house is big.	die Häuser Die Häuser sind groß. The houses are big.
GEN	des Hauses das Dach des Hauses the roof of the house	der Häuser die Dächer der Häuser the roof of the houses
DAT	dem Haus	den Häusern
ACC	das Haus Ich besitze das Haus. I own the house.	die Häuser Ich besitze die Häuser. I own the houses.

✎ Exercise:
Please follow our example and set up tables for the masculine and the feminine form of the article.

German Grammar

Introduction

Grammar at a glance

Articles

Article

Definite Article

Definite Article-Usage

Indefinite Article

Indefinite Article-Usage

Omitting the article

Nouns

Adjectives & Adverbs

Declension of adjectives

...following the definite article

...following the indefinite article

...without article

Comparison

Verbs

Pronouns

Personal pronouns

Possessive pronouns

Reflexive pronouns

Interrogative pronouns

Relative pronouns

Word order & Sentences

Negating German phrases

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