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Der, die or das Datum?

das Datum

Gender
neuter
English
date
Plural
die Daten

Why is it das Datum?

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

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

Example sentences

Datum in the four cases

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

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

Datum 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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