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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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"
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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I agree with your guess
Ultimately it tastes wrong - "Der" is nominative. "Den" is not. Different function. Compiler error (or maybe linker). -
Most of the articles are ambiguous: Der can be nominative male singular, or genitive female or plural. Die can be nominative female singular or any gender plural, den can be male singular dative or something in genitive)
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