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Der, die or das Symptom?

das Symptom

Gender
neuter
English
symptom
Plural
die Symptome

Why is it das Symptom?

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

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

Example sentences

Symptom in the four cases

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

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

Symptom 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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