Interrogative articles in German are used to ask specific questions about nouns. They typically appear before a noun and help clarify what kind of person or thing is being asked about. The most common interrogative articles are welcher, welche, and welches, which correspond roughly to which or what in English. Like other articles, they change their form depending on gender, number, and case.
In this guide, you will learn:
what interrogative articles are and how they are used
how interrogative articles differ from question words like wer or was
how forms change according to gender, number, and case
typical learner difficulties when forming questions with articles
This guide helps English-speaking learners understand how to ask clear and grammatically correct questions using interrogative articles in German.