Der, die or das Blog?
das Blog
- Gender
- neuter
- English
- blog
- Plural
- die Blogs
- Also
- der Blog
Duden lists das Blog first and also accepts der Blog, which is very common in practice.
Why is it das Blog?
No ending or meaning rule gives away the gender of Blog. Like many everyday German nouns, it has to be learned together with its article: das Blog.
For the endings that do predict gender, see the Der-Die-Das rules guide.
Example sentences
- Das Blog ist neu und sehr interessant.The blog is new and very interesting.
- Ich lese jeden Tag einen Blog über Reisen.I read a blog about travel every day.
Blog in the four cases
The article changes with the case. The highlighted column shows the forms to use with Blog: 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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