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Der, die or das Industrieland?

das Industrieland

Gender
neuter
English
industrialized country
Plural
die Industrieländer

Why is it das Industrieland?

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

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Industrieland in the four cases

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

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

Industrieland 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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