Learn German With SpeedyConKiwi! #6: Articles! Der, die, das.
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Today’s episode features the German article “der, die, das” (equivalent to the English “the)
Words that were mentioned:
Der Mann – the man
Die Frau – the woman
Das Kind – the child
Der Löffel – the spoon
Die Gabel – the fork
Das Messer – the knife
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The “e” rule is not …
The “e” rule is not always right. Usually…but not always.
Words that end in heit, keit, and ung are always feminine. You also add an “en” to the end of them to get the plural.
Not really. Most …
Not really. Most grammar books tend to group them as “der die das”. Not the way you mentioned. It’s much easier to have them as “der die das”….there are little songs and memorization tools that are based off of learning them that way. Moving it around like you suggested would be throwing those out the window.
i like the tip …
i like the tip about learning the noun and article together, thank you. thank you for all your help.
Regarding the point …
Regarding the point about the masculin and feminin words:
In german they say:
DER Himmel (heaven) and
DIE Hölle (hell)…
they should update …
they should update things and instead of Der Die and Das, just have Duh!
that would make it easier for us to learn!!!
words ending in ‘e’ …
words ending in ‘e’ have the article ‘die’
also the words that end in ‘keit’ all have ‘die’ as an artical too, there are a few rules like this (unfortunately i dont know them all), but as she said u just gotta learn them!
actually, its quite …
actually, its quite easy to tell that she is german, and probably took a year or two in america.
As for you… you are not english either… my guess would be spanish…
there is no such …
there is no such thing as Meβer.
Its just grammar thing similar to ‘ph’ and ‘f’ i guess in english.
there isnt a word in german that starts with β so u can be sure of that.
Another thing to note, is that the german language is changing constantly, a few years ago they actually changed the words that had ‘ss’ in or ‘β’
Also, seeing as non-germanic keyboards dont have ‘β’ on them it is perfectly fine to use ‘ss’ when writing it. (UNLESS its being marked)lol
But sometimes there …
But sometimes there might be some exceptions like,
in German, Name. The last character of this word is “e” but the article of this word is “der”.
it is, “der Name”
and like this, as you said, you just have to memorize them, there’s no much easy way to find a connection between of the word and its article.
i love the music… …
i love the music….i think i just watch for it.
i can now see some …
i can now see some words and pronounce them correctly!!!!i’m so happy but i thought really weird that knife is neutral…i think this part is one of the most complicated ’cause it doesnt have a rule to comply.i really wanna know if this stuff ’bout DER and E works…someone can tell me???
Because of the …
Because of the pronunciation.
The word “Meßer” would be spoken diffrently than “Messer”
Meßer[ Meeßer] (the first e would be spoken long)
Messer ( the e is spoken short)
For example the word “die Straße”( the street)
the a in Straße is long
hey! the “genere …
hey! the “genere word” are pretty much the same when you talk in spanish because you have to put an article for everything also femenine,masculine,and neuter…i really love that you love leanguages because i do too!! i wish i could learn french..anyway thank you pretty awesome tutorial..too much patiencee…. bacause the accent…mmmm..too hard!
Hi, I’m a first …
Hi, I’m a first year student at the University of Antwerp and I’m learning German and I just wanted to say that there is actually a way to know which gender a word has; it is just an “Aufzählung” as you would call it in which cases you should use which article and it is pretty easy when you know those rules (but it is not very useful when you learn it just for fun)
awesome! taking …
awesome! taking your answer in connection with the one below, i come to the understanding that “meβer” is not a word that one would expect to actually read in a book or write down in a sentence of one’s own…….BUT IF we just set ourselves the challenge of distinguishing a characteristic difference between the purposively “invented” word and the truly extant word….that difference is as Millemalle explains below (and noted in my opening words). yes?
wonderful! you …
wonderful! you answered PRECISELY the intent of my question, which i’m sure wasn’t as clear as it could/should have been.
@LV07TSK
yep, …
@LV07TSK
yep, exactly how millemalle explained.
the use of ‘ss’ makes the vowel before it sound short and sharp. The street example he used was also very good.
the advice was …
the advice was really good with the article and word as one. or whatever u said really helped me a lot!!
Hi! Your videos are …
Hi! Your videos are terrific! I’m a teacher of German in junior high school, in Australia. I know that my students will learn a lot from your videos and will find them probably more interesting than listening to their teacher! Your fun approach to “teaching” the language will appeal to the teenagers. ! believe your videos will also instil in them, the love for the German language that I have.
yes i study A1 now …
yes i study A1 now it very difficult to lern but interesting thought!
In Russian we also …
And we have 6 cases 2 more than in German. So I guess it’s not that bad 
I remember when I was learning English I would say something like…The desk she is wooden. And my teacher would say, no IT’S wooden xD
In Russian we also have Femenine,Masculain and Nuter . but there is only about 50% chance that the Russian grammatical gender is going to match with the German. Ughhh…. I kinda wish they all matched then I’d have no problem
Vielen Dank fuer alles
Sometimes it’s easy …
Sometimes it’s easy to tell what the gender is. If the noun ends in -keit or -ung, it’s ALWAYS feminine.
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Oh, and also….. …
Oh, and also…..which city do you live in In Germany?
QUESTION KIWI:
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QUESTION KIWI:
How come Das Messer actually uses two letters “s”….instead of just the “β” ?
Is there a difference between Messer and Meβer?