German Steps - Language notes - Saying 'a'

In German there are two different words for a: ein with der and das words, ie. masculine and neuter words, and eine with die words, ie. feminine words.

It's easy to confuse the word for a with the word eins. Eins is only used for the number one, ie. when you are counting.

At times you'll hear the words einen and einem also meaning a. You'll see and hear these forms when they appear at certain positions in the sentence, eg. after verbs and prepositions.