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Der, die or das Landkreis?

der Landkreis

Gender
masculine
English
district
Plural
die Landkreise

Why is it der Landkreis?

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

Example sentences

Landkreis in the four cases

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

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

Landkreis 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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