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Der, die or das Amt?

das Amt

Gender
neuter
English
office, department, function
Plural
die Ämter

Why is it das Amt?

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

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

Example sentences

Amt in the four cases

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

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

Amt 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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