German Case Rules

• Male persons and animals

• days of the week, months of the year

• seasons, and most weather elements ABER das Frhüjahr/das Gewitter

• car makes

• non-German river names

• rocks and minerals

• mountains and mountain ranges

• alcoholic and plant-based drinks ABER - das Bier

Feminine (die): N:Die Frau ist Lehrerin. Sie kommt aus Berlin. Sie heißt Anna.

A. Anna pflückt die Blume.
D. Anna gibt iher (her) Oma die Blume.

• Female persons and animals

• Rivers within Germany, Austria, Switzerland

• Airplanes, motorcycles, ships

• Numbers used as nouns

• Trees, fruits, and flowers

• Nouns formed from measurement or size adjectives

Neuter (das): N:Das Kind ist hilfsbereit. Es heißt Sam.
A: Sam poliert das Auto.
D. Sam hilft seinem Vater.

• Young persons and baby animals

• metals and chemical elements

• names of continents, cities, provinces, and most countries

• scientific units & measurements

• letters of the alphabet and music notes

• Hotels cafes restaurants and theaters,

• other parts of speech used as nouns (gerunds, colors, languages, English -ing forms).