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  In English you can refer the definite article as “the” and In German there are threedefinite articles der, die, das. They are also placed before the noun and each of thedefinite articles has a gender. der – is placed before all masculine nouns. der Kuli – the ball point pen die – is placed before all feminine nouns die Maschine – the machine das – is placed before all neuter nouns.

das Buch – the book {der}

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“Die” is also used for plural nouns. German plurals are normally formed by adding-en or -er to the noun.

“Das”is also used as “this” or” that”Das ist ein KindThis is a child

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Indefinite articles refer to nouns in a unspecified persons, objects etc. German hastwo indefinite articles “ein” for masculine – and neuter -gender words and“eine” for feminine -gender words. Ein– is placed before all masculine – and neuter -nouns

ein Haus – a house