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Der, die or das Paket?

das Paket

Gender
neuter
English
parcel, package
Plural
die Pakete

Why is it das Paket?

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

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

Example sentences

Paket in the four cases

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

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

Paket 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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