der Bruder
The brother
The German word 'der Bruder' is the equivalent of 'the brother' in English. It is a masculine noun and is used to refer to a male sibling. It is important to note that in German, nouns are capitalized, hence 'der Bruder' and not 'der bruder'. The definite article 'der' is used with masculine nouns in the nominative case, which is the case used for the subject of a sentence.
Example sentences using: der Bruder
Der Bruder meiner Mutter ist mein Onkel.
My mother's brother is my uncle.
This sentence demonstrates the use of possessive pronouns in German, which are analogous to the English 'my', 'your', etc. 'Der Bruder' is the brother and 'meiner Mutter' is my mother, showing the relationship between the speaker, their mother and the uncle.
Mein Freund spielt Fußball mit der Bruder.
My friend plays football with the brother.
In this sentence we see the preposition 'mit' that corresponds to the English 'with', which always requires the dative case in German, hence 'der Bruder'. Also, we see how the German language expresses possession without using possessive pronouns.
Der Bruder des Jungen liest ein Buch.
The boy's brother is reading a book.
This sentence exhibits the genitive case in German using 'des', which is equivalent to the English form 'of the' or the possessive form ' 's'. 'Der Bruder des Jungen' means 'the brother of the boy' or 'the boy's brother'.