Nouns and Articles

German nouns are central to every sentence. Each noun has a gender (masculine, feminine, or neuter) and requires an article (der, die, das, etc.).

In this section, you’ll learn to:

• Identify and use noun genders
• Form plurals
• Use definite, indefinite, negative, and zero articles
• Work with N‑declension nouns
• Read and form compound nouns

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Subtopics in This Section

• Gender → Learn how to determine if a noun is masculine, feminine, or neuter
• Plurals → How to make singular nouns plural
• Definite Articles → der, die, das and their plural forms
• Indefinite Articles → ein, eine and how they change in sentences
• Negative Article → kein and how it replaces ein in negation
• Zero Article → When no article is used
• N‑Declension → Special group of weak nouns
• Compound Nouns → How Germans build long words like Fußballspielplatzordnung

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