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Der, die or das Brot?

das Brot

Gender
neuter
English
bread
Plural
die Brote

Why is it das Brot?

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

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

Example sentences

Brot in the four cases

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

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

Brot 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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