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Interrogative Articles

Learn how interrogative articles are used in German to ask precise questions about people, objects, and categories.

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.

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