Articles and German cases
German articles change not only with gender but also with grammatical case. The subject is normally nominative, a direct object is often accusative, and many indirect-object structures use dative. Learn nouns with their article and then practise them inside short sentences.
Useful examples
1
Der Mann sieht den Hund.
The man sees the dog.
2
Ich helfe dem Mann.
I help the man.
3
Die Frau kauft das Buch.
The woman buys the book.
Common mistakes
- Learning nouns without their article.
- Using den for every accusative noun.
- Ignoring verbs such as helfen that require dative.
Learn it better
- Learn every noun with its article.
- Identify the noun role before choosing the case.
- Repeat full examples aloud.
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