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This mini-course explains WHY learning the difference between der die and das is so important.
In this ‘German for beginners’ video, you’ll discover the FIRST STEP in leveraging your advantage as an adult learner of German. Not only do you need to START WITH GRAMMAR, but you need to start with NOUN GENDER (der die das) specifically.
But, there are smarter vs. harder ways to learn German noun gender!
(For even more information, check out my German noun gender guide here: germanwithlaura.com/noun-gender/)
In this video we’ll talk about the power of working with NOUN ENDINGS and NOUN GROUPS to help you learn thousands of German nouns in a fraction of the time (and with much less aggravation, too).
Despite what you might think from working with Duolingo and the like, the ‘der die das’ coming in front of German nouns is NOT random!
There are principles & patterns that govern the assigned gender of most German nouns. There are about 70 distinct noun endings and groups that, if memorized, will give you major mileage toward learning thousands of German nouns!
And you MUST know the gender of any noun in order to actually USE it in a sentence. In fact, German noun gender is one of THREE grammar components that impact the DECLENSIONS we use as part of the German CASE SYSTEM (more on this coming up in this series!).
But, in brief:
1. German noun gender MATTERS a great deal.
2. Trying to memorize a RANDOM ‘der die das’ in front of thousands of nouns is a TERRIBLE idea that will ultimately FAIL.
3. Working with the PRINCIPLES & PATTERNS of noun groups & endings is the smarter, not harder way!

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  • @pradeepsyamala3967
    @pradeepsyamala39673 жыл бұрын

    Laura, You are the best German grammer teacher in KZread. Can't tell you enough how much helpful they are. I hope you continue doing them.

  • @advocatrix4183
    @advocatrix41832 жыл бұрын

    I have taken German classes (in Germany!) up to B2.2 and have never been taught this information. Very helpful -- danke sehr!

  • @vineetN82

    @vineetN82

    11 ай бұрын

    Oh my god, right! And I thought I was an idiot for not being able to remember genders...

  • @fayette1963

    @fayette1963

    Ай бұрын

    There are also strong tendencies for german nouns in the basic form: First step is to discriminate between words of one and words of two syllables. The bi-syllabic nouns consist of one long(pronounced) and one short(unpronounced) syllable. The second (short and unpronounced) syllable carries the information for the Artikel in its noun ending. -e --> feminine: die Har-fe, die Blu-me, die Do-se, die Kat-ze, die Bir-ne... -er --> masculine: der Ha-fer, der Ei-mer, der Be-cher, der Stec-ker, der Pfef-fer, der Kel-ler... -en --> masculine: der Ha-fen, der Bal-ken, der Re-gen, der Schin-ken, der Brun-nen... -el--> mostly masculine: der Dac-kel, der Krei-sel, der Pin-sel, der Schlüs-sel.... here the plural form doesn´t change (one Pinsel, lots of Pinsel) but if the plural form is formed with additional "-n" it´s feminine: die In-sel (lots of In-seln), die Windel (lots of Win-deln), die Ta-fel (lots of Ta-feln).. Mono-syllabic nouns consist of one very long syllable. They are mostly masculine, but the plural form is decisive. In the plural form this very long syllable splits is one long and one short syllable. The second syllable carries the information for the Artikel in its plural ending: -er --> neuter: das Kind (lots of Kin-der), das Kleid (lots of Klei-der), das Schloss (lots of Schlös-ser)... -e plus "Umlaut" (vowel letter with two dots above) --> masculine: der Stuhl (lots of Stüh-le), der Wolf (lots of Wöl-fe), der Topf (lots of Töp-fe) -en --> feminine: die Bahn (lots of Bah-nen), die Fahrt (lots of Fahr-ten)...

  • @fraktal3968
    @fraktal39683 жыл бұрын

    Your English is crystal clear so i am able to watch you at 1.75-2.00 speed without losing any meaing. thanks for that.

  • @RajKumar-gl5oi

    @RajKumar-gl5oi

    Жыл бұрын

    Seriously

  • @pmberkan
    @pmberkan3 жыл бұрын

    Thank you! You will be best german language teacher in the you tube. Best regards🙏🏽

  • @stela_solar
    @stela_solar3 жыл бұрын

    Great tips as expected from the very start. Danke schön! 💐

  • @Learn4Live
    @Learn4Live3 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much, Laura. Your tip to deal with german articles are useful and much easier to apply than memorizing words.

  • @kristinejadesorita2591
    @kristinejadesorita25913 жыл бұрын

    Great, amazing teacher! Your videos are the best I've seen so far!

  • @anyatigeorge4508
    @anyatigeorge45083 жыл бұрын

    Your approach to teaching is simple and precise that everyone learning will easily grasp the meaning of what you're talking about. Keep on teaching the world. I'm very grateful for all your lessons. Congratulations....

  • @milandrieoberholzer8207
    @milandrieoberholzer8207 Жыл бұрын

    Every time I get stuck on explaining grammar to my students, I work through your beginner course for simpler explanations and it almost always helps. Moving from speaking German to teaching it is quite difficult sometimes. Thank you for the incredible information and help.

  • @escape-chinacomscholarship4050
    @escape-chinacomscholarship4050 Жыл бұрын

    Laura, this is the best video I found so far on explaining noun groups and gender. Danke!

  • @cocodiablo1
    @cocodiablo12 жыл бұрын

    Excellent and inspiring. The information on this video is very helpful. I have been stumbling through, learning der, die, das by memory. This helps to put structure to it. The colour coding is a neat memory aid. Thank you.

  • @meganj425
    @meganj4252 жыл бұрын

    Wow VIELEN DANK für dieses sehr hilfreiche Video! Meine Deutschlehrer haben mir nie gesagt, dass es ein Muster gibt!

  • @DiggerWhoops
    @DiggerWhoops3 жыл бұрын

    Great information....great delivery of it.

  • @pro369
    @pro369 Жыл бұрын

    Though I am an English speaker primarily, I should say you are doing so well, clear voice, and lucid explanation, just super

  • @PhaulTscuheng
    @PhaulTscuheng2 жыл бұрын

    Finally find a channel to teach basic German, great and thanks!

  • @Psalm_27.4
    @Psalm_27.42 жыл бұрын

    Laura, You’re very very knowledgeable in German! Your lessons will be highly effective in my review of, and growth in, German language skills. I HOPE the following may be useful to German language learners. When I first studied German in high school, I did not even think to use colors to help me associate masculine, feminine, or neuter. However, about 37 years later, when I studied Hebrew, I wrote feminine nouns and feminine verb endings with pink ink, and masculine nouns and masculine verb endings with blue ink. I used purple to write endings that applied to group endings which would include male AND female, because pink and blue make PURPLE!! 😄 There is no neuter in Hebrew, so I didn’t have to think about it. I also incorporated the MONTESSORI grammar symbols to mark my vocabulary so that it would remind me whether the word was a verb, noun, adjective, adverb, an article, pronoun, preposition, interjection, or a conjunction. Some people may NOT want to be this detailed, but it may help those who like to be very INTERACTIVE with their learning! 😄 So NOW, for German review of NEUTER nouns , I think I will use pencil since it looks GREY, or BLACK ink for neuter! Thank you again, for your excellent teaching!! You are helping many people! All the best!!!

  • @fang_shi_tong
    @fang_shi_tong9 ай бұрын

    Laura, das Video ist wirklich toll! Vielen Dank!

  • @tracekat6456
    @tracekat64566 ай бұрын

    Laura you're top notch! I wish I had a spanish instructor that taught like you teach German 😉 I look forward to my courses with you every day🤗🎉

  • @mwambuelijah9960
    @mwambuelijah99602 жыл бұрын

    You are a fantastic teacher. Danke!

  • @adityabhambhani207
    @adityabhambhani2077 күн бұрын

    REALLY HELPFUL! Vielen Dank Laura

  • @alexanderyastrebov6815
    @alexanderyastrebov68152 жыл бұрын

    Thanks! You are simply the best!) Love a bunch of super helpful advices for memorizing

  • @ritac.g3314
    @ritac.g33142 жыл бұрын

    in portuguese, my native language, we have genders for nouns as well and it was so confusing because in portuguese, for example: table is feminine " a mesa" but in german is masculine "der tisch" but now you explained things go automatic in my brain, that helped a lot

  • @izzyrov5814
    @izzyrov5814 Жыл бұрын

    Associating the gender of nouns with color sounds like a great idea! I'm gonna do it. Thanks for the tips! 💯

  • @fayette1963
    @fayette1963Ай бұрын

    There are also strong tendencies for german nouns in the basic form: First step is to discriminate between words of one and words of two syllables. The bi-syllabic nouns consist of one long(pronounced) and one short(unpronounced) syllable. The second (short and unpronounced) syllable carries the information for the Artikel in its noun ending. -e --> feminine: die Har-fe, die Blu-me, die Do-se, die Kat-ze, die Bir-ne... -er --> masculine: der Ha-fer, der Ei-mer, der Be-cher, der Stec-ker, der Pfef-fer, der Kel-ler... -en --> masculine: der Ha-fen, der Bal-ken, der Re-gen, der Schin-ken, der Brun-nen... -el--> mostly masculine: der Dac-kel, der Krei-sel, der Pin-sel, der Schlüs-sel.... here the plural form doesn´t change (one Pinsel, lots of Pinsel) but if the plural form is formed with additional "-n" it´s feminine: die In-sel (lots of In-seln), die Windel (lots of Win-deln), die Ta-fel (lots of Ta-feln).. Mono-syllabic nouns consist of one very long syllable. They are mostly masculine, but the plural form is decisive. In the plural form this very long syllable splits is one long and one short syllable. The second syllable carries the information for the Artikel in its plural ending: -er --> neuter: das Kind (lots of Kin-der), das Kleid (lots of Klei-der), das Schloss (lots of Schlös-ser)... -e plus vowel change in the stem (Umlaut = vowel letter with two dots above) --> masculine: der Stuhl (lots of Stüh-le), der Wolf (lots of Wöl-fe), der Topf (lots of Töp-fe) -en --> feminine: die Bahn (lots of Bah-nen), die Fahrt (lots of Fahr-ten)...

  • @Apsladye
    @Apsladye2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for this video! Very helpful!

  • @mohamadkabrit2013
    @mohamadkabrit20132 жыл бұрын

    Laura, you’re beautiful + the best teacher I’ve learnt from till now. Thank you

  • @rosstopherrub
    @rosstopherrub Жыл бұрын

    You are really excellent, Laura. Thank you so much for your videos. This one in particular is making my learning so much simpler!

  • @GermanwithLaura

    @GermanwithLaura

    Жыл бұрын

    Glad it was helpful!

  • @lonelyteens5715
    @lonelyteens5715 Жыл бұрын

    Omg, finally someone who can make sense to the die der das problems😅tnx a lot for your videos, i will definitely try

  • @rwilliams6994
    @rwilliams69947 ай бұрын

    Immer hervorragend; danke!

  • @user-me5tg7ur9s
    @user-me5tg7ur9s Жыл бұрын

    Thank you for your work 💕

  • @FenderLewis
    @FenderLewis2 жыл бұрын

    This person makes so much sense! 😊

  • @ethanclement9647
    @ethanclement964710 ай бұрын

    Wow this is really interesting noun endings and noun groups! I will have to listen to your whole presentation on this one! Thanks

  • @boufontleflamingoetta8433
    @boufontleflamingoetta84339 ай бұрын

    You’re wonderful! Not everyone’s learning style is the same. So, your information is AMAZING for me. Thank you.

  • @GermanwithLaura

    @GermanwithLaura

    9 ай бұрын

    You are so welcome!

  • @Relmonn
    @Relmonn2 жыл бұрын

    Well, I have been watching some videos about this topic and I think this video is the best one which clearly tells the topic without leaving a question mark. I saw noun endings method but didn't really understand till I watch this video. I will recommend this video to my German learner friends too. Thank you so much for your great effort.

  • @GermanwithLaura

    @GermanwithLaura

    2 жыл бұрын

    I appreciate the recommendation! :-)

  • @hilingtrip_
    @hilingtrip_2 жыл бұрын

    I am a beginner in German and has confused to learn this, and finally found your channel. Such a piece of luck!

  • @mdsaidurrahman7645

    @mdsaidurrahman7645

    17 күн бұрын

    now?

  • @boul80572
    @boul805722 жыл бұрын

    That is absolutely great memory aids for me!! Thanks !!- from Korean beginner :)

  • @jjwatcher
    @jjwatcher3 жыл бұрын

    Danke, das freut mich.

  • @Salwa-uv3tr
    @Salwa-uv3tr3 жыл бұрын

    Thank you

  • @leomikletic1617
    @leomikletic16172 жыл бұрын

    THANK YOU SO MUCH !

  • @medfox09
    @medfox09 Жыл бұрын

    Thanks you a lot . So useful... Piece of advice : add some pauses when you are giving a speech

  • @jmaibauer
    @jmaibauer4 ай бұрын

    This video was super helpful!

  • @GermanwithLaura

    @GermanwithLaura

    4 ай бұрын

    I'm so glad!

  • @Florida1213
    @Florida12138 ай бұрын

    This is MARVELOUS!! I shall make my students watch this.

  • @GermanwithLaura

    @GermanwithLaura

    8 ай бұрын

    Thank you so much!

  • @timdavis7845
    @timdavis784510 ай бұрын

    Great advice, Laura! Decades ago, when I was learning German, I actually took 3 smallish notebooks (one yellow, one red and one green) and assigned the "der nouns" to the green notebook, the "die nouns" to the yellow notebook and the "das nouns" to the red notebook. I bought a small German dictionary and painstakingly wrote all of the masculine der nouns in the green notebook; the feminine nouns in the yellow notebook and the neuter nouns in the red notebook. Once I had done that, I "lightly-colored" each noun with colored pencils corresponding to the color of their notebook covers. I would practice learning German nouns genders that way. :-)

  • @GermanwithLaura

    @GermanwithLaura

    9 ай бұрын

    I'm so glad that color coding has also worked for you!

  • @meganj425
    @meganj4252 жыл бұрын

    Ich denke, dass du die beste Deutschlehrerin auf KZread bist. Deine Webseite hat mir auch sehr viel geholfen.

  • @mdsaidurrahman7645

    @mdsaidurrahman7645

    17 күн бұрын

    now you stay germany?

  • @sandarms.9995
    @sandarms.9995 Жыл бұрын

    Danke schön.

  • @jaws8154
    @jaws81543 жыл бұрын

    thank you so much!!

  • @schachspieler3254
    @schachspieler3254 Жыл бұрын

    thank you Laura

  • @yesimkerem3520
    @yesimkerem3520 Жыл бұрын

    Blue, red and green, thanks Laura, I have started watching you on 05.11.2022 from İstanbul

  • @AbhilashaKumari-vs7vu
    @AbhilashaKumari-vs7vu3 жыл бұрын

    You are awesome Laura

  • @devendra1956
    @devendra195618 күн бұрын

    Ms. I have huge respect for you for this lesson. That how can learner define which Article can be uses where. Because Deutsch has many Noun eords. Dank schon.

  • @GermanwithLaura

    @GermanwithLaura

    12 күн бұрын

    Learning noun endings and groups is going to give you the most assistance. Any noun that falls outside those categories will ultimately need to be memorized. -Nicole, GwL Team

  • @deedeeannash
    @deedeeannash2 жыл бұрын

    I'm happy that I came across your channel. You're good at this. As an anglophone who's studied French, I have no problem with French noun gender. It's because I have heard the language enough now that I can hear the music. I expect that I will pick up the music of German as I need to.

  • @k.h.1037

    @k.h.1037

    10 ай бұрын

    You will! And it is the best ways to learn, I'd say.

  • @JowelleDfouni.HappyArt

    @JowelleDfouni.HappyArt

    11 күн бұрын

    As someone who speaks fluently French and Arabic besides english, it helps a lot to understand better German grammar as I think from my experience German grammar is much more similar to French and vocab more to English which is helping me with my learning so far (A2) and you Laura are simply amazing how simple you explain this. Vielen dank! ❤️👌🏻

  • @xymox1733
    @xymox17333 жыл бұрын

    I really benefitted from your german grammar course. I also really appreciate that it was free. It has helped me develop the motivation to practice again. I'll hopefully be able to save up for your German foundations course soon! Have a lovely day :)

  • @mdsywodhridoy187
    @mdsywodhridoy1877 ай бұрын

    I am feeling tenson about article but you make it easy danke schön

  • @GermanwithLaura

    @GermanwithLaura

    7 ай бұрын

    Happy to help

  • @tintin1746
    @tintin17462 жыл бұрын

    Hope.i can learn a German .. thank you alot

  • @ivaansteven905
    @ivaansteven9053 жыл бұрын

    Danke schon

  • @mojtabakazemi7606
    @mojtabakazemi76062 жыл бұрын

    So helpful

  • @Alexander-us7og
    @Alexander-us7og2 жыл бұрын

    Danke schön 👍

  • @mdsaidurrahman7645

    @mdsaidurrahman7645

    17 күн бұрын

    now you are in german

  • @drem1228
    @drem12282 жыл бұрын

    This makes so much more sense even for a sixth grader like me

  • @ahmedal-gazar2850
    @ahmedal-gazar2850 Жыл бұрын

    wow that's so efficient

  • @zulkiflijamil4033
    @zulkiflijamil40332 жыл бұрын

    Der Campus im Berlin ist sehr gut. Guten Tag Laura. Yes , i like the motto " Learn German Smarter not harder " . Yes, i try to learn German using your channel #GermanWithLaura 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇 Danke Schön.

  • @alicetwain
    @alicetwain3 ай бұрын

    What you explain is exactly how set up for failure anyone with even the midlest dyslexia.

  • @ranjancyberphoton3295
    @ranjancyberphoton32952 жыл бұрын

    Hello Laura, Thanks for sharing these videos. I want to learn German but want to start with the first video. Could you please put the videos with a sequence it will help us to go through a sequence and learn step by step.

  • @GermanwithLaura

    @GermanwithLaura

    2 жыл бұрын

    I actually did a compilation video right here! :-D -> kzread.info/dash/bejne/opV4sLajn7qrqKw.html

  • @kirankumar-gg1mm
    @kirankumar-gg1mm2 жыл бұрын

    Perfect......!

  • @maggieznoodles
    @maggieznoodles2 жыл бұрын

    you are godsend

  • @TheAashiaana
    @TheAashiaana3 жыл бұрын

    Namaste...Guten Tag.... Thank you have sorted Der Die Das issues so beautifully..

  • @Zoxuk
    @Zoxuk9 ай бұрын

    Hi Laura, I love the way you present. Do you have videos where you present in German, or predominantly in German?

  • @GermanwithLaura

    @GermanwithLaura

    9 ай бұрын

    Currently, my videos are geared toward helping native English speakers learn German, but this could change in the future. Thank you for watching!

  • @JTemperance
    @JTemperance Жыл бұрын

    I recently started learning german (A1), i just hope i would be able to make it til B2 😭

  • @yourinsanefella

    @yourinsanefella

    15 күн бұрын

    Didi you reached B2??

  • @danielliu9616

    @danielliu9616

    6 күн бұрын

    B2 you will still understand nothing when you visit Germany

  • @supadupahilton6848
    @supadupahilton68482 жыл бұрын

    Yeah, I had "hit the ceiling" a while ago, with minimal progress for some time now. Duolingo sucess was limited, while Rosetta stone had techical issues with no support or refuind. Truly horrible!! This is WAAYYYYY Better!!!

  • @sanchezjean38
    @sanchezjean382 жыл бұрын

    underrated!

  • @jjwatcher
    @jjwatcher3 жыл бұрын

    Die Farben ist eine gut idee.

  • @SDKhan-yv7bs

    @SDKhan-yv7bs

    3 жыл бұрын

    Das Wort "Idee" wird großgeschrieben, weil es ein Nomen ist. Ich würde es eher so ausdrücken: Es ist eine gute Idee, die Farben zu verwenden.

  • @John_Weiss
    @John_Weiss Жыл бұрын

    FYI: In the German grammar text I have … which is written _in German_ for Germans … they're not called "noun genders", they're called "noun _Genus."_ Which, think about it, makes more sense: "Genus" being Latin for "category" or "group". "Genus" can _also_ be translated as "gender," but it's pretty far down the list. So don't think, "Noun Gender", think: "Noun Genus" … i.e. Noun Category.

  • @ninarewizorska9714
    @ninarewizorska97145 ай бұрын

    When I saw the fruit section for "Die", der Apfel immediately came to my mind lol.

  • @sahinsarkar7293
    @sahinsarkar72932 жыл бұрын

    Hi Laura, this video was really clear about der, die, das. I was confused when I read das madchen in german, thinking why are the girls (clearly feminine) associated with the neuter "das", which thanks to you, I know now. But in 11:22, can you please mention which rule here gets precedence when a noun is for example, masculine according to ending, but not masculine according to the noun group?

  • @GermanwithLaura

    @GermanwithLaura

    2 жыл бұрын

    It's because of the supreme strength of the neuter -chen / -lein endings, which outweighs even 'intuitive gender'! The basic gender hierarchy (I'm not including some nuances here) is: -chen / -lein intuitive gender most endings (e.g. -ling, -ung, -ment) the remaining noun groups (e.g. animals, plants, weather, fabrics, etc.) the weakest endings (e.g. -a, -om, -al, etc.)

  • @kerrysterll
    @kerrysterll2 жыл бұрын

    es wunderbar unt fantastich

  • @wyaynrasmussen2561
    @wyaynrasmussen25619 ай бұрын

    Where can I find the German Noun Gender: Your Essential Guide? I looked on your website but could not find it.

  • @GermanwithLaura

    @GermanwithLaura

    9 ай бұрын

    Hey there, You can find it right here ->> germanwithlaura.com/der-die-das/ I hope that helps!

  • @MsTranthihai71
    @MsTranthihai712 жыл бұрын

    Could you please set automatic subtitles? Thank you.

  • @mohammadabdelrahman786
    @mohammadabdelrahman7862 жыл бұрын

    I'm kinda confused. You said you'll reference a link to an article about more details, but there's no link in the description (the provided link is something else)

  • @GermanwithLaura

    @GermanwithLaura

    2 жыл бұрын

    Oh! Thanks for bringing this to my attention. Here you go (and I'll get the description updated, too): germanwithlaura.com/noun-gender/

  • @mayadamoustafa8606
    @mayadamoustafa8606 Жыл бұрын

    How do i memories ig and ich when they have the same pernonsing????

  • @fergusre
    @fergusre Жыл бұрын

    Question, if feminine nouns include endings in -keit then why do we sing Der Gemutlichkeit in Ein Prosit?

  • @GermanwithLaura

    @GermanwithLaura

    Жыл бұрын

    It is a feminine noun. This is where declensions and cases come into play. It is a feminine noun being used in the dative case, and that is why it is using 'der' instead of 'die.' I teach in depth about declensions and the case system in my courses. You can get started here for free! germanwithlaura.com/unlocking-german-grammar/

  • @TaimoorAhmaddKhan
    @TaimoorAhmaddKhanАй бұрын

    Du siehst frisch immer❤

  • @juns597
    @juns5972 жыл бұрын

    How are these lessons different from the one you offer (for sale)?

  • @GermanwithLaura

    @GermanwithLaura

    2 жыл бұрын

    Many of the same topics are covered, but in much greater depth and with tons of practice exercises.

  • @biljanapajovic8841
    @biljanapajovic8841 Жыл бұрын

    and what do i do whit Bank post park....

  • @ozgurkaplan6153
    @ozgurkaplan61533 жыл бұрын

    Laura, çok tatlı bir öğretmen olman bir yana, seninle tanışmayı çok isterim. I have been learning English and German with you. Thanks a lot.

  • @ozgurkaplan6153

    @ozgurkaplan6153

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@webmittutorialseries9711 what? Why did you say that? Do you know something or else?

  • @gray3727
    @gray3727 Жыл бұрын

    Hey I just invented the color-coding idea literally 10 minutes ago!

  • @javidmohammady3795
    @javidmohammady37952 жыл бұрын

    Hello my teacher .i hope you are great (Das ist ein auto). We have here one Subject or two subject ?I think das here is a demonstrative and Because a teacher told we have two subject( das and auto ) Thanks for responding

  • @GeneRauXxX
    @GeneRauXxX5 ай бұрын

    der BMW or die BMW you wrote both of this in your web site? of course masculine one is for car other one is other carriers but what is the diffrence if I mean the brand in general. which one should I choose?

  • @GermanwithLaura

    @GermanwithLaura

    5 ай бұрын

    When referring to the BMW brand in general, you would typically use "der BMW" because "BMW" (Bayerische Motoren Werke) is a masculine noun, and it is common to use the definite article "der" with masculine nouns in German. So, if you're talking about the BMW brand itself, you would say: - "Der BMW ist eine bekannte Automarke." (BMW is a well-known car brand.) The use of "die BMW" would not be appropriate when referring to the brand as a whole. It might be used in contexts where you are specifying a particular model or referring to several BMW cars collectively, but when discussing the brand itself, "der BMW" is the correct choice. Hope this helps! - Nicole, GwL Team

  • @GeneRauXxX

    @GeneRauXxX

    5 ай бұрын

    thank you so much for the explanation. It makes sense now. @@GermanwithLaura

  • @CristianSGuedes
    @CristianSGuedes11 ай бұрын

    hi! is there any video from you speaking German? Are you a native speaker? Just asking because I liked your video.

  • @pustoontypist.5869
    @pustoontypist.58692 жыл бұрын

    my teacher name is also laura

  • @camillescottxenoenthusiast7929
    @camillescottxenoenthusiast79292 жыл бұрын

    Cutest thumbnail ever.

  • @zoraidaquintero-hardie4461
    @zoraidaquintero-hardie44619 ай бұрын

    I can’t understand why language teachers don’t think that WORDS that are not of common use should not be placed as example, let alone to be memorised. Here you are one: der Fäustling. When was the last time that you used a mitten in a day to day conversation? Hope you get this tip for your superb videos teaching. Language is communication , so let’s have useful vocabulary at all time.

  • @GermanwithLaura

    @GermanwithLaura

    9 ай бұрын

    I can understand your thoughts on this. It is difficult to include vocabulary that will work for everyone.

  • @GeneRauXxX
    @GeneRauXxX8 ай бұрын

    good luck for those of you who are learning german bcs you will need it, jk it is pretty easier when you compare to slavic languages.

  • @rukiminguntur9503
    @rukiminguntur9503 Жыл бұрын

    Do you use feminim article for Apfel, orange? Die Äpfel, die orange.

  • @GermanwithLaura

    @GermanwithLaura

    Жыл бұрын

    der Apfel -> die Äpfel (plural) die Orange -> die Orangen (plural) Just remember that 'die' could be either feminine or plural. :-)

  • @sarahalkin6121
    @sarahalkin6121 Жыл бұрын

    thanks a lot Laura for the amazing german learning guidline, one question about the groups gender is it might have exceptions as well? because I am from IRAQ and its Masculine (der Irak) since its from group countries!

  • @GermanwithLaura

    @GermanwithLaura

    10 ай бұрын

    Hey Sarah, sorry I'm just seeing this! There are definitely some exceptions for the groups, but I put them together in groups where the vast majority will follow the same gender. I hope that helps!

  • @sreejith319
    @sreejith3192 жыл бұрын

    May i know the fees for doing just grammar with you? I have completed till b1 level.

  • @GermanwithLaura

    @GermanwithLaura

    2 жыл бұрын

    I would recommend starting with my free course Unlocking German Grammar. My German Foundations course covers a variety of information from a1-c1 but I present it in a different way that any other program I've seen, so I think it would still be very valuable for you! Here's the link for the free course. germanwithlaura.com/unlocking-german-grammar/

  • @sreejith319

    @sreejith319

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@GermanwithLaura thanks for your responds.

  • @blessedlife7581
    @blessedlife75812 жыл бұрын

    💕

  • @elboujdainiilias2244
    @elboujdainiilias224410 ай бұрын

    pls, can someone recommend a good app that would help with words gender training and thanks

  • @GermanwithLaura

    @GermanwithLaura

    10 ай бұрын

    Unfortunately, there isn't one that I would personally recommend, but hopefully that will be something I might put together in the future! We'll see!

  • @elboujdainiilias2244

    @elboujdainiilias2244

    10 ай бұрын

    @@GermanwithLaura Okay, thank you so much teacher Laura. Concerning noun groups genders, I would like to hint to something important, As I see we can not depend 100 percent on the noun groups method in order to determine the right article for a group noun. For instance, animals are not all masculine even those biologically masculine ones. There are many feminine, masculine and few neutral animals so every group comes with exceptions and the same thing applies to every group so, a learner of German language must have to deal with all those exceptions too.

  • @lolla_tiamolto
    @lolla_tiamolto7 ай бұрын

    can we say die Männer oder it can change depending the contest of the sentence?

  • @GermanwithLaura

    @GermanwithLaura

    7 ай бұрын

    If you're asking if we could use a different gender for the article (like der or das) then no. It would always be 'die'. But, there will be times where you use a different determiner (e.g. these, many, some, etc.) or no determiner at all.

  • @gracyjomon3223
    @gracyjomon32237 ай бұрын

    ❤❤

  • @koni2568
    @koni25684 ай бұрын

    Kurze Ausbesserung für die Aussprache von Essig 😅 Man kann es wie Laura artikulieren, aber korrekterweise würde es nicht wie „ich“ ausgesprochen werden 😊 sorry for being a „Neunmalklug“ 😅

  • @GermanwithLaura

    @GermanwithLaura

    4 ай бұрын

    From Laura's experience, the word 'vinegar' can have several pronunciations - it just depends on the region! - Nicole, GwL Team

  • @joshk2123
    @joshk2123 Жыл бұрын

    !! 2 questions... what's with rolling the R's? Is that reminiscent of Nazism... or is it okay to do in Germany? Also, is pronunciation of "ich" regional? "ish" or "ich"? DANKE!

  • @GermanwithLaura

    @GermanwithLaura

    Жыл бұрын

    Well, Hitler definitely did have a very distinctive pronunciation pattern, but I would not consider rolling R's to have ties to Nazism. You'll find that rolling R's and the pronunciation of 'ich' is, indeed, a regional issue. :-)