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Der, die, das: German articles

Every German noun has a grammatical gender. Learn the article together with the noun.

In the nominative singular: der is masculine, die is feminine and das is neuter. In the nominative plural, all three use die. Grammatical gender is not always predictable from meaning.

der Tisch → die Tische

die Lampe → die Lampen

das Buch → die Bücher

Your turn

Complete: ___ Buch liegt auf dem Tisch.

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Das Buch liegt auf dem Tisch.

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