Nouns and cases
das Maskulinum
In English: masculine
The gender of nouns with the article der. Male persons, days, months, seasons and most nouns in -er, -ling, -ismus are masculine. It is the only gender that changes in the accusative: der becomes den.
Example: Der Montag ist ein langer Tag.
Related lessons
- Gender and the articles: der, die, das, ein, eine (A1)
- The accusative: den, einen, and the direct object (A1)