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Der, die or das Leute?

die Leute

Gender
plural noun
English
people

Why is it die Leute?

Leute is a plural noun, and all plural nouns take die in German, whatever the gender of the singular.

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Leute in the four cases

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

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

Leute 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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