"The duck is playing."

Translation: Die Ente spielt.

[macandcheeseman]

Im confused about die der and den

[Egdir]

It's called noun declension. There's a lot of good information on it on about.com

[nick40vmi]

Why can it not be "Die Ente ist spielen"? Instead it is "Die Ente spielt".

[lucilaughs]

What mekes something feminine?

[wataya]

grammatical gender is arbitrary. There are a few general rules, however. Just google it.

[AgenTsi]

General rules: http://www.learn-german-smarter.com/learn-german-articles.html

[14NgehJ]

couldnt it be die ente apgespielt???