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Der, die or das Absatz?

der Absatz

Gender
masculine
English
sales, paragraph, heel
Plural
die Absätze

Why is it der Absatz?

No ending or meaning rule gives away the gender of Absatz. Like many everyday German nouns, it has to be learned together with its article: der Absatz.

For the endings that do predict gender, see the Der-Die-Das rules guide.

Example sentences

Absatz in the four cases

The article changes with the case. The highlighted column shows the forms to use with Absatz: definite article first, then the indefinite article.

MasculineFeminineNeuterPlural
Nominativeder / eindie / einedas / eindie
Accusativeden / einendie / einedas / eindie
Dativedem / einemder / einerdem / einemden
Genitivedes / einesder / einerdes / einesder

Absatz is one of about 1,700 common nouns in the free Der-Die-Das trainer. Short daily rounds with spaced repetition make the article stick.

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