For example, a man in German is “ein Mann”, or “der Mann” if definite article is used, which tells you the noun is masculine whereas a woman is “eine Frau” or “die Frau” and, therefore, feminine. These articles tell you whether a noun associated with the article is masculine, feminine or neuter as all nouns in German have a grammatical gender (but this is not the same as biological gender). German uses two indefinite articles “ein” and “eine” which stand for “a” or “an” in English and three definite articles “der”, “die” and “das” that correspond to the English “the”. German Grammar Basics in Brief Articles and Grammatical Gender Below is a brief overview of the most important specifics of German grammar from the perspective of an English (native) speaker. If you learn to apply these rules correctly, you will soon be able to speak reasonably good German. That is, most of the German grammar rules are very logical and often related to grammar rules found in many other European languages. But for a language, having precise grammar rules is not all that bad after all.

Many people, including German native-speakers themselves, believe that German is a difficult language to learn because of its complex grammar.

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