Fill in the blanks with the correct article. The gender of the noun is given.

In Baseball, wirft der Werfer _____ Ball (masc.) _____ Fänger(masc.) zu.

dem, den

der, das

den, dem

die, dem

i don't really understand this question. i think the answer is 'den, dem', but it could be 'dem, den'. can you explain the difference between the two?

In Baseball, wirft der Werfer den Ball dem Fänger zu ?

That was your choice too.

I am really rusty with my German grammar rules, I just go by what sounds correct.

Sure! In this question, we are asked to fill in the blanks with the correct articles for the given nouns. The gender of the noun is also given.

To determine the correct article, we need to consider both the gender of the noun and the grammatical case being used. In the German language, nouns can be masculine (der), feminine (die), or neuter (das), and they also change form depending on the grammatical case.

Let's analyze the choices:

1. dem, den: In this option, we have "dem" as the article for the masculine noun "Ball" in the dative case and "den" as the article for the masculine noun "Fänger" in the accusative case.

2. der, das: In this option, we have "der" as the article for the masculine noun "Ball" and "das" as the article for the masculine noun "Fänger." However, this combination does not match the grammatical case requirements of the sentence.

3. den, dem: In this option, we have "den" as the article for the masculine noun "Ball" in the accusative case and "dem" as the article for the masculine noun "Fänger" in the dative case.

4. die, dem: In this option, we have "die" as the article for the masculine noun "Ball." However, "die" is the article for feminine nouns and does not match the given gender. Therefore, this option is incorrect.

Based on the analysis, the correct answer is "den, dem." The ball is being thrown to the catcher (den Ball wirft der Werfer zu dem Fänger). The ball is in the accusative case (den Ball), and the catcher is in the dative case (dem Fänger).