A detailed analysis of German article grammar

A detailed analysis of German article grammar

Introduction: Articles are function words, which are not stressed in sentences and cannot be used independently. Can only be placed in front of nouns to help explain the person or thing that nouns refer to. It is the smallest category of English parts of speech, with only three, one is indefinite article and the other is definite article. Next, I will explain the article in German. Welcome to refer to them!

I- usage of definite article 1) refers to a certain kind of person or thing:

Baum is alone.

A tree is a plant.

This is a car.

A car is a means of transportation.

2) When the above-mentioned person or thing is mentioned again:

I saw a Baum. Baum bulut.

I see a tree. This tree has blossomed.

3) Add an adjective attribute before a person or place name:

Ge Jun Goethe

young people

new China

new China

4) Before non-neutral nouns:

Drake

Yilake

die Schweiz

Switzerland

5) Before attributive nouns, such as prepositional phrases and second case nouns:

This is from Tisch.

Books on the desk

Buches residence

Contents of the book

6) Before a noun with ordinal number or adjective superlative attribute:

This is hoechste Gebaeude

Tallest building

Dritte stock

second floor[British English]; third floor[American English]

7) Before the noun that represents something unique in the world:

Sun Die del dadi

Moon of the world

8) Four seasons, years, months, days, etc.

Fruehling spring at Mark 1990, Germany.

October night.

II- indefinite article 1) Before the person or thing mentioned for the first time:

We work in a factory.

We work in a factory.

2) refers to one of the same things:

A mantel.

He bought a coat.

3) Before the singular noun after haben or esgibbt:

He is an oiler.

He has a pen.

This is a photo of him.

There is a picture in the room.

4) Before singular nouns used with SOLCH, WELCH and WASFUER:

We should have a friend.

We are very happy now.

Welcome to here!

How enthusiastic this is!

III- Without the article before the plural noun referred to by the noun 1:

Do you remember?

Do you have any questions?

She works here.

They sell used cars.

2) Before nouns indicating status, occupation, etc:

She is a student.

She is a student.

3) Before the noun after the preposition als:

I am a coach.

4) When a noun is preceded by a possessive pronoun, demonstrative pronoun, cardinal word or second case attribute, the noun does not need an article:

We're done.

Our experiment is over.

Zwei Surla Ma Chen.

Two students went for an outing.

Peters Mundt is a writer.

Peter's mother is a shop assistant.

Did Wei Sen Farad leave on Tuesday?

Whose car is in front of the door?

5) Material nouns and abstract nouns are generally without articles:

Gold is a metal.

Gold is a metal.

You're dead.

They are very patient.

6) Before the noun indicating the title or title:

Mr muller

Doktor Schmidt

7) In some prepositional phrases or fixed verb-object collocations, articles are not used:

Song of Freedom.

The train was late.

Our friends are by the river.

He jumped for joy.

8) Don't use articles for the titles of articles and commonly used words in advertisements:

Festigkeit

intensity

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