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Der, die or das Flugzeug?

das Flugzeug

Gender
neuter
English
airplane
Plural
die Flugzeuge

Why is it das Flugzeug?

Flugzeug is a compound noun, and a German compound takes the gender of its last part. The last part is das Zeug, so it is das Flugzeug.

Example sentences

Flugzeug in the four cases

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

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

Flugzeug 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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