German article finder
Look up German noun gender, plurals and all four cases. Compare meanings, hear examples and learn why the article changes.
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das Buch
book · Neuter
Plural: die Bücher
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | das Buch | die Bücher |
| Accusative | das Buch | die Bücher |
| Dative | dem Buch | den Büchern |
| Genitive | des Buches | der Bücher |
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Ich lese ein interessantes Buch.I am reading an interesting book.
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How to find the correct German article
Look up the singular noun to learn its dictionary article: der for masculine, die for feminine and das for neuter. The article in a sentence also depends on case. Der Frau can be dative or genitive even though Frau is feminine. Enter a noun here to see both its dictionary form and its case table.
Learn gender and plural as one unit
Use pairs such as das Buch – die Bücher, der Tisch – die Tische and die Frau – die Frauen. All nominative plurals use die, regardless of singular gender. Plurals are lexical information: an ending alone is not enough to predict every plural.
Why some nouns have more than one answer
Meaning matters. Der Band is a book volume, das Band is a ribbon and die Band is a music group. Die Bank has the plural Banken for financial institutions and Bänke for benches. This finder keeps these meanings separate.
What changes in the four German cases?
Nominative marks the subject; accusative often marks the direct object; dative marks many recipients and follows certain verbs and prepositions; genitive often expresses possession. Masculine and neuter nouns commonly add -(e)s in the genitive. Weak nouns such as Student add -en outside the nominative singular. Most dative plurals add -n unless they already end in -n or -s.
Useful gender patterns and their limits
Nouns ending in -ung, -heit, -keit, -schaft, -tion and -tät are typically feminine. Diminutives in -chen and -lein are neuter, including das Mädchen. Compounds normally take the gender of the last noun: die Haustür comes from die Tür. Treat patterns as learning aids, not as a substitute for a dictionary entry.