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Der, die or das Stadion?

das Stadion

Gender
neuter
English
stadium
Plural
die Stadien

Why is it das Stadion?

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

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

Example sentences

Stadion in the four cases

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

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

Stadion 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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