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Frequency of the German Articles Chart
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Feeling stumped on which German article to choose? Going with "die" might be your best guess—turns out, a good chunk of German nouns prefer it. The trusty German Duden, the go-to dictionary for German speakers, tells us that 46% of German nouns are feminine. That's almost half! Masculine nouns make up 34%, and neuter ones trail at just 20%.