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Der, die or das Heft?

das Heft

Gender
neuter
English
notebook
Plural
die Hefte

Why is it das Heft?

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

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

Example sentences

Heft in the four cases

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

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

Heft 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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