Der, die or das App?
die App
- Gender
- feminine
- English
- app
- Plural
- die Apps
- Also
- das App
Die App is standard; das App is occasionally heard, mainly in Austria and Switzerland.
Why is it die App?
No ending or meaning rule gives away the gender of App. Like many everyday German nouns, it has to be learned together with its article: die App.
For the endings that do predict gender, see the Der-Die-Das rules guide.
Example sentences
- Die App zeigt das Wetter an.The app shows the weather.
- Ich lade eine neue App herunter.I download a new app.
App in the four cases
The article changes with the case. The highlighted column shows the forms to use with App: definite article first, then the indefinite article.
| Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | der / ein | die / eine | das / ein | die |
| Accusative | den / einen | die / eine | das / ein | die |
| Dative | dem / einem | der / einer | dem / einem | den |
| Genitive | des / eines | der / einer | des / eines | der |
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