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Der, die or das Bank?

die Bank

Gender
feminine
English
bank, bench
Plural
die Bänke

Why is it die Bank?

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

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

Example sentences

Bank in the four cases

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

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

Bank 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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