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Definite article 'der' (the, feminine, dative)
Bestimmter Artikel 'der' (feminin, Dativ)
'der' is the of feminine 'die'.
Structure
der + feminines Nomen (Dativ)
der + feminine noun (dative)
Details
- Part of Speech
- Article
- Word Type
- Definite article
- Register
- Standard
Explanation
In the the feminine die changes to der. This is the same word der used for masculine , but here it has a completely different role - it marks a feminine noun in the dative.
Examples:
- Ich helfe der Frau. - I am helping the woman.
- Ich spreche mit der Lehrerin. - I am talking with the teacher.
- Das Buch gehört der Schülerin. - The book belongs to the student.
Where you use it: after verbs (helfen, danken, gehören) and after prepositions (mit, bei, von, zu, aus, nach) with a feminine .
Contraction: zu der → zur: Ich gehe zur Schule.
Common mistakes:
- Thinking der must be masculine - context and the show it is feminine here.
- Leaving the as die: feminine die becomes der in the , not die.
About Definite article 'der' (the, feminine, dative)
'der' is the of feminine 'die'.
of feminine 'die'; after dative verbs and prepositions (mit der …).
'der' ist der von 'die' (feminin).
Caution
Feminine 'die' → 'der' in the dative - the same word as masculine nominative 'der', but a different role.