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Der, die or das Stadt?

die Stadt

Gender
feminine
English
city, town
Plural
die Städte

Why is it die Stadt?

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

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

Example sentences

Stadt in the four cases

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

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

Stadt 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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