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People, words and grammatical gender
Learn the article together with the whole noun.
The idea
In the nominative singular, masculine uses der, feminine die and neuter das. Learn each noun with its article. Grammatical gender is a property of the word: das Mädchen is neuter, regardless of the person it refers to. Nouns are written with a capital letter.
Words for this lesson
der Mann — man der Vater — father der Bruder — brother die Frau — woman
Words for this lesson
die Mutter — mother die Schwester — sister das Kind — child das Mädchen — girl
Words for this lesson
das Auto — car der Kaffee — coffee