Nice try to attach logic to language, but no, it does not work that way
Why do all German language resources suggest learning nouns with "der, die and das"? Assuming the noun is singular, a noun heard in context with either "die" and "das" can have its gender uniquely inferred. But "der" could be male or female. So why not learn "den, die and das"?
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The language... sure. But there should at least be logic to the way it's taught!
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Der can be f or m but not in the same case. And knowing what the case is is uniquely applicable to the article so the two can’t be separated. Eg, in Dativ der is always f. But what if you don’t know it’s Dativ? Well, then it doesn’t really matter which article you use.
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I just feel that when you start learning German you learn these associations: der = masc., die = fem., das = neut. and then you see "der Schule" for the first time, so you'd assume it's masculine. If you learned "den = masculine" instead then you might be confused but not wrong.
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Nice try, but: "den Frauen" is a thing (Dativ plural), yet the word "Frau" is grammatically female.
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I did say, "assuming the noun is singular" though.
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a) You cannot fight the power of decades-old Sesame Street collective subconscious https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDk8iIjxHYM … b) .... and the power of the rhyme with "wer wie was"
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I guess making the argument for "wen, wie, was" has about as much chance of success as the survival of "whom" in English (which is basically doomed after my generation).
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Der, die, das are the nominative articles, and nominative is by far the most common case. I think it's more about that than choosing a unique identifier. "der Schule" is confusing, but I don't think a misunderstanding of cases can be made up for.
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I think teaching people the accusative first would be more confusing than the overloaded meanings of 'der' and 'die'
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