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Der, die or das Jahr?

das Jahr

Gender
neuter
English
year
Plural
die Jahre

Why is it das Jahr?

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

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

Example sentences

Jahr in the four cases

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

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

Jahr 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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