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Der, die or das Protokoll?

das Protokoll

Gender
neuter
English
minutes, record
Plural
die Protokolle

Why is it das Protokoll?

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

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

Example sentences

Protokoll in the four cases

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

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

Protokoll 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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