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Der, die or das Radio?

das Radio

Gender
neuter
English
radio
Plural
die Radios

Why is it das Radio?

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

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

Example sentences

Radio in the four cases

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

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

Radio 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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