Since 2015, German as a foreign language has become increasingly popular and more than 15.4 million people are learning German worldwide.
Most people who learn German live in Europe. In Denmark, the Netherlands, the Czech Republic and France, German is particularly popular and the number of German fans is growing rapidly every day. Among the countries with an interest in the German language, the post-Soviet countries rank second.
There is great interest in the German language in Russia. From the mid-2000s, German was taught as a second foreign language in many Russian schools.
The German language is also very popular among students in Azerbaijan. Many Azerbaijani students started attending German courses with the dream of studying in Germany. In recent years, the number of students coming to Germany from Azerbaijan to study has increased significantly.
So what is the biggest challenge people face when learning this language? This is exactly the grammar and specifically 3 articles, ”Der Die Das”. In fact, there is only one article in English and this makes learning the language easier.
There are three definite articles in German: one for masculine words, one for feminine words and one for neuter words. Anyone who has learned German as their mother tongue usually knows intuitively whether a word has this, that or that as an article. Foreigners who learn German, on the other hand, usually only have to memorize it.
