Plus 4 cases which makes it so that there are 16 (Masc, Fem, Neutr, Plural X 4 cases) different ways of typing an article depending on the gender of the word and what the word is doing whereas in English this is all replaced by "The". And don't forget about declining the adjective and the noun in some cases.

Rant over.

[–] interolivary@beehaw.org 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

And then like half of the articles are "der" and you just have to use context to figure out which one it is

Edit: I was randomly reminded of this graffiti I saw in Berlin:

[–] Kiosade@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago

So just get the whole country to use one “the”, simple 😎