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Three genders, and 5 words for "the": der, die, das, dem, den. Depending on the gender of the noun and its function in the sentence.
And uses some of those words for "the" to be different versions of different genders in different cases.
Der nominative male, der Dativ female.
But call also be "that" or "which" or "who" depending on context.
Not to mention declension of adjectives.
Different declination for all three genders plus plural, plus differences for negation, no article, definite article, indefinite article all in in nominative, accusative, dative, genitive, version
If Excel spreadsheets for different versions of "the" turn you on, then German is your language.
You forgot “des”
Serves me right for trying to show off :D
Yeah, I meant 3 words for the nominative case but your answer is more exact