Patterns for articles in German: Created By Joseph Kington

Patterns for nouns that fit under "Das"

Species of Animals: "Das Huhn", "Das Kalb", "Das Pferd", "Das Krokodil"

Nouns that end in -chen: "Das Maedchen", "Das Eichhoernchen", "Das Kleinchen"

Nouns that end in -um, -ment, ett, and -icht: "Das Testament", "Das Lazarett", "Das Gewicht", "Das Eigentum"

Patterns for nouns that fit under "Der"

Days of the week, months, seasons, and points on the compass: "Der Herbst", "Der Mittwoch", "Der September", "Der Osten"

Names of famous Mountains: "Der Montblanc", "Der Mount Everest", "Der Mount Hood"

Nouns that end in -ig, -ling, -ant, -er, -ismus, -or: "Der Pfennig", "Der Zoegling", "Der Protestant", "Der Schreiber", "Der Kommunismus", "Der Author"

Patterns for nouns that fit under "Die"

Nouns that correspond to women or female members of a Family: "Die Frau", "Die Tochter", "Die Mutter", "Die Nichte", "Die Tante".

Latin based nouns that end in -ion, -enz, -ik, -ur, -age: "Die Integration", "Die Lizenz", "Die Chronik", "Die Figur", "Die Garage".

Nouns that end in -keit, -heit, -ei, -schaft, -ung,-taet, -nis: "Die Torheit", "Die Einsamkeit", "Die Raeuberei", "Die Wirtschaft", "Die Nahrung", "Die Stabilitaet", "Die Kenntnis"

Patterns for nouns in the plural form for "Die"

Nouns that are derrived from foreign languages such as English or French will have a -s ending: "Die Autos", "Die Kinos", "Die Computers", "Die Radios"

Nouns that are either feminine and end with -e, or nouns that end with -ung, -keit, -schaft, -ei take an -en ending in their plural form: "Die Damen", "Die Entschuldigungen", "Die Krankheiten", "Die Freundschaften", "Die Parteien"

Nouns that end in -chen, or -lein will not have an ending in their ploral form: "Die Maedchen", "Die Buechlein", "Die Bluemelein", "Die Eichhoernchen"