German articles Use German articles similarly to English ones in front of their respective nouns. In German, use the definite articles der, die, das,... (English: the) and the indefinite articles ein, eine,... (English: a, an) to describe single instances of people, objects or subjects. Make sure to always match the correct form of the article to the grammatical case (Nominativ, Genitiv, Dativ, Akkusativ) and gender (masculine, feminine, neuter) of the noun that you're using the article with! For example: Apfel (Engl.: apple), gender in German: masculine der Apfel (Nominativ, Engl.: "the apple") ein Apfel (Nominativ, Engl.: "an apple") Birne (Engl.: pear), gender in German: feminine die Birne (Nominativ, Engl.: "the pear") eine Birne (Nominativ, Engl.: "a pear") Brot (Engl.: bread), gender in German: neuter das Brot (Nominativ, Engl.: "the bread") ein Brot (Nominativ, Engl.: "a bread") Test your knowledge about German articles with the following grammar quiz!