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Der, die or das Band?

der Band

Gender
masculine
English
volume, tome
Plural
die Bände

die Band

Gender
feminine
English
band (musical)
Plural
die Bands

das Band

Gender
neuter
English
ribbon, tape
Plural
die Bänder

Band takes a different article depending on what it means: der Band (volume, tome), die Band (band (musical)), das Band (ribbon, tape).

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Band in the four cases

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

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

Band 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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