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Der, die or das Lebensjahr?

das Lebensjahr

Gender
neuter
English
year of one's life
Plural
die Lebensjahre

Why is it das Lebensjahr?

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

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Lebensjahr in the four cases

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

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

Lebensjahr 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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