When you learn German, you discover that German nouns have gender, number, and case. So the word for "the" that you use with a noun has to agree with it in those three things. You just gotta know what German word for "the" to use.
Der Tisch = The table.
Die Tasse = The cup.
Das Buch = The book.
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