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Der, die or das Handschuh?

der Handschuh

Gender
masculine
English
glove
Plural
die Handschuhe

A compound: the gender comes from the last part, der Schuh.

Why is it der Handschuh?

Handschuh is a compound noun, and a German compound takes the gender of its last part. The last part is der Schuh, so it is der Handschuh.

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Handschuh in the four cases

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

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

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