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German B1 Articles: der, die or das
The single hardest habit in German. Drill the gender of the nouns at your level. 60 questions at B1, ten to a set.
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Ergebnis
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Correct answer: das
das Ergebnis - result, outcome, conclusion, finding, fruit, consequence, upshot, answer; earnings, profit, output, outturn
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Grund
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Correct answer: der
der Grund - ground, land (usually as someone's property); bottom (of a container or a body of water)
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Schwester
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Correct answer: die
die Schwester - sister; nurse; by extension used to refer to any medical staff that is not a doctor (usually, but not necessarily, confined to female staff)
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Markt
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Correct answer: der
der Markt - market (gathering for sale and purchase); market (trading, economic exchange)
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Schuld
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König
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Correct answer: der
der König - king (monarch, chess, card games); a common surname transferred from the nickname
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Bevölkerung
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Doktor
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Art
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Onkel
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Is there a rule for der, die and das?
There are reliable endings (-ung, -heit, -keit, -schaft and -ion are feminine; -chen and -lein are neuter; -er, -ling and -ismus are usually masculine), but no rule covers the core vocabulary. For those, exposure is the method, which is what this drill is for.
How much does getting the article wrong matter?
You will be understood, but the article drags the whole case system behind it: get the gender wrong and every adjective ending and every dative or accusative form after it goes wrong too. It is worth the drilling.
Where can I see all the nouns by gender?
The vocabulary section lists every masculine, feminine and neuter noun separately, commonest first, with the ending patterns that predict each one.
How many articles: der, die or das questions are there at B1?
60, in 6 sets of 10. Every word used is within the B1 vocabulary.
Question material from Klexikon and the CEFR vocabulary list, used under CC BY-SA 4.0. See sources.
Questions are machine-written and machine-verified: a second model answered each one blind and disagreements were dropped. They have not been reviewed by a teacher.