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Der, die or das Laptop?

der Laptop

Gender
masculine
English
laptop
Plural
die Laptops
Also
das Laptop

Duden lists der Laptop first and also accepts das Laptop. Der is far more common in Germany.

Why is it der Laptop?

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

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

Example sentences

Laptop in the four cases

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

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

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