Der, die, ou das (parte 2)

Last week, we discussed how the ending of a noun may indicate whether it's masculine, feminine, or neuter, and looked at some endings like -er and -ig that typically require the definite masculine article der.

As we did last week, we must offer the disclaimer (avisar) that this is not a 100% reliable way (maneira confiável) to learn the genders of nouns, due to many exceptions.

Der, die, ou das (parte 1)

As we know, German nouns can be

masculine,

feminine, or

neuter,

and the article used with a noun is dependent on its gender.