Der, die or das City?
die City
- Gender
- feminine
- English
- city center
- Plural
- die Citys
Why is it die City?
No ending or meaning rule gives away the gender of City. Like many everyday German nouns, it has to be learned together with its article: die City.
For the endings that do predict gender, see the Der-Die-Das rules guide.
Example sentences
- Die City ist am Samstag sehr voll.The city centre is very crowded on Saturday.
- Wir gehen in der City einkaufen.We are going shopping in the city centre.
City in the four cases
The article changes with the case. The highlighted column shows the forms to use with City: 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 |
City 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.