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Der, die or das Kamera?

die Kamera

Gender
feminine
English
camera
Plural
die Kameras

Why is it die Kamera?

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

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

Example sentences

Kamera in the four cases

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

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

Kamera 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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