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Der, die or das Protest?

der Protest

Gender
masculine
English
protest
Plural
die Proteste

Why is it der Protest?

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

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

Example sentences

Protest in the four cases

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

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

Protest 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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