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Der, die or das Sofa?

das Sofa

Gender
neuter
English
sofa
Plural
die Sofas

Why is it das Sofa?

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

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

Example sentences

Sofa in the four cases

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