how to cope with german articles? ?

Answer 1

Der are so many of die articles out der that it das make die head spin quite a bit. ^^

Just try to use them as much as you can and it will become intuitive. There are some things that you just have to practice over and over again.

Answer 2

Make a chart like I did, one for der-words and one for ein-words containing both strong and weak endings. This arrangement puts similar endings together (sorry for the bad alignment):

Masculine Neuter Feminine Plural Adj, MN, Fem

Nom. der -e das -e die -e die -en -er -en

Acc. den -en das -e

Dat. dem -en

Gen. des -en

Nom. ein -er ein -es eine -e keine -en -er -en

Acc. einen -en ein -es

Dat. einem -en

Gen. eines -en

You can do the same thing for the pronouns.

Complete the chart and start practicing!

Answer 3

I still remember them all, thanks to my dictator German teacher in high school! How to cope with them? First, learn by heart, then learn how and when to use them.

Männlich
der
des
dem
den

Weiblich
die
der
den
die

Sächlich
das
des
dem
das

Vielfag
die
der
den
die

Viel Glück mit der Arbeid (Arbeid = weiblich)