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Der, die or das Feuerwehr?

die Feuerwehr

Gender
feminine
English
fire brigade
Plural
die Feuerwehren

Why is it die Feuerwehr?

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

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

Example sentences

Feuerwehr in the four cases

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

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

Feuerwehr 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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