German articles

#grammar

Like in English, there are two kinds of articles in German:

The indefinite and the definite article.

Singular: ein, eine, ein = a = indefinite article

der, die, das = the = definite article

Plural:

left out like in English = indefinite article

die (for all 3 genders) = the = definite article

Note: The indefinite article is inflected, depending on the gender and the case of the noun! More about that in a seperate post.

Examples:

ein Löffel / der Löffel / Löffel / die Löffel = a spoon / the spoon / spoons / the spoons

eine Gabel / die Gabel / Gabeln / die Gabeln = a fork / the fork / forks / the forks

ein Messer / das Messer / Messer / die Messer = a knife / the knife / knives / the knives