Der, die or das Download?
der Download
- Gender
- masculine
- English
- download
- Plural
- die Downloads
Why is it der Download?
No ending or meaning rule gives away the gender of Download. Like many everyday German nouns, it has to be learned together with its article: der Download.
For the endings that do predict gender, see the Der-Die-Das rules guide.
Example sentences
- Der Download dauert nur wenige Minuten.The download takes only a few minutes.
- Ich starte einen Download für das Spiel.I start a download for the game.
Download in the four cases
The article changes with the case. The highlighted column shows the forms to use with Download: 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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