Der, die or das Event?
das Event
- Gender
- neuter
- English
- event
- Plural
- die Events
- Also
- der Event
Das Event is the usual form; der Event is also accepted.
Why is it das Event?
No ending or meaning rule gives away the gender of Event. Like many everyday German nouns, it has to be learned together with its article: das Event.
For the endings that do predict gender, see the Der-Die-Das rules guide.
Example sentences
- Das Event beginnt um acht Uhr abends.The event starts at eight in the evening.
- Wir besuchen ein Event in der Stadt.We are visiting an event in town.
Event in the four cases
The article changes with the case. The highlighted column shows the forms to use with Event: 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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