How to use genders and articles in German. All nouns in German are either masculine, feminine or neuter. When you learn that the word for dog is 'Hund', that it’s a masculine noun 'der Hund'. For ...

Berlin-based German teacher and German language specialist, Dirk Nordhoff told The Local: "It's difficult as there are always three possibilities for nouns. I recommend my learners to always learn new ...

A noun is a naming word for a person, place, creature or thing. For example: der Bruder brother, die Stadt town, das Kaninchen rabbit and die Idee idea. A noun can be masculine, feminine, neuter or ...

What is the special perfidy of nouns? They can deceive us by showing us a state of reality that is perhaps quite different. And in doing so, they can even cause great harm. There are many, many nouns ...

In an essay describing the loathing that Ted Cruz’s face seems to inspire, the neurologist Richard Cytowic resorts to the German colloquial expression Backpfeifengesicht. It’s a combination of two ...