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Der, die or das Passwort?

das Passwort

Gender
neuter
English
password
Plural
die Passwörter

A compound: the gender comes from the last part, das Wort.

Why is it das Passwort?

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

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Passwort in the four cases

The article changes with the case. The highlighted column shows the forms to use with Passwort: 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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