Definite vs. Indefinite Articles in German

In today’s video, Alex & Dori will show you how the definite and indefinite articles are used in German. What exactly is the difference between the two types of articles?

Asking “What is this?”, “What is that?” or “What are these?, “What are those?” will be no longer be a secret. It is this simple: “Was ist das?”.

Because practicing and making mistakes is how we grow, a little quiz is waiting for you at the end!

Today you learn how to name:

a book & the book 📖
a pen & the pen 🖊️
a lamp & the lamp 💡
a pair of glasses & the pair of glasses 👓
books & the books 📚
a mobile phone & the mobile phone 📱
a bottle & the bottle 🍼
bottles or the bottles. 🍼🍼

Test your knowledge:

… by taking a quiz. And be sure that even when you make a mistake, you are learning. Have fun!

Enjoy 🙂

Today’s Quiz.

Congratulations! You’ve seen the video. Now it’s time for a Quiz!!! Good luck, dear friend.

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Definite vs. Indefinite Articles - The quiz

1 / 10

How do we say "What is that?" in German?

2 / 10

Write the article that fits in the following sentence.

Das ist ___ Lampe.

(This is a lamp.)

3 / 10

Choose the word that fits in the following sentence.

Das ist die ______ von Maria.

(This is the ______ of Maria.)

4 / 10

Choose the article that fits in the following sentence.

Das sind ___ Bücher von Alina.

(These are the books of Alina.)

5 / 10

Choose the article that fits in the following sentence.

Das ist ___ Stift von Kristin.

(This is the pen of Kristin.)

6 / 10

Choose the article that fits in the following sentence.

Das ist ___ Stift.

(This is a pen.)

7 / 10

Choose the word that fits in the following sentence.

Das ist eine _____ .

(This is a ______.)

8 / 10

Choose the article that fits in the following sentence.

Das ist ___ Buch.

(This is a book.)

9 / 10

Choose the article that fits in the following sentence.

Das sind ___ Flaschen.

(These are books.)

10 / 10

Choose the article that fits in the following sentence.

Das ist ___ Buch von Karina.

(This is Karina's book.)

Your score is

The average score is 90%

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You might be curious about … expanding you vocabulary with more words that contain the term “Freund”. Here is where you can do it! 🙂
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