Der, die or das Seminar?
das Seminar
- Gender
- neuter
- English
- seminar
- Plural
- die Seminare
Why is it das Seminar?
No ending or meaning rule gives away the gender of Seminar. Like many everyday German nouns, it has to be learned together with its article: das Seminar.
For the endings that do predict gender, see the Der-Die-Das rules guide.
Example sentences
- Das Seminar beginnt am Montag.The seminar begins on Monday.
- Wir besuchen ein Seminar über Geschichte.We attend a seminar on history.
Seminar in the four cases
The article changes with the case. The highlighted column shows the forms to use with Seminar: definite article first, then the indefinite article.
| Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | der / ein | die / eine | das / ein | die |
| Accusative | den / einen | die / eine | das / ein | die |
| Dative | dem / einem | der / einer | dem / einem | den |
| Genitive | des / eines | der / einer | des / eines | der |
Seminar 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.