Der, die or das Detail?
das Detail
- Gender
- neuter
- English
- detail
- Plural
- die Details
Why is it das Detail?
No ending or meaning rule gives away the gender of Detail. Like many everyday German nouns, it has to be learned together with its article: das Detail.
For the endings that do predict gender, see the Der-Die-Das rules guide.
Example sentences
- Das Detail macht den Unterschied.The detail makes the difference.
- Er erzählt mir jedes Detail seiner Reise.He tells me every detail of his trip.
Detail in the four cases
The article changes with the case. The highlighted column shows the forms to use with Detail: 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 |
Detail 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.