5 Answers. Sorted by: 35. When you can count the words and the number of words matters, „Wörter“ is the right choice. Otherwise choose „Worte“. Examples: „Deine netten Worte haben mir geholfen.“ – „Your kind words helped me.“ (number of words doesn’t matter) „Der Aufsatz soll mindestens 500 Wörter umfassen
One of the first questions you might have about learning German is how to say German articles, “the” , “a” and “an”. But, the choices are a little more complicated in German. Instead of two options, you have 11: der, die, das, den, dem, des, ein, eine, einen, einem, and eines. However, you shouldn't let these articles intimidate you.
Nominative: Der Die Das Die Accusative: Den Die Das Die Dative: Dem Der Dem Den Genitive: Des Der Des Der Here's an example of the use of case in a sentence: "Der Mann gibt dem Hund den Knochen." (The man gives the dog the bone.) Note that "Mann" (as previously discussed) is masculine, and so are "Hund" and "Knochen".
5. Das Reis (pl. die Reiser) means "junger Trieb, dĂĽnner Zweig" (twig, sprig, brushwood) whereas der Reis (no plural) simply means rice. It's not very common outside of horticultural circles, I presume. Share. O83qx. 15 245 403 210 83 358 236 180 245