Der, die or das Team?
das Team
- Gender
- neuter
- English
- team
- Plural
- die Teams
Why is it das Team?
No ending or meaning rule gives away the gender of Team. Like many everyday German nouns, it has to be learned together with its article: das Team.
For the endings that do predict gender, see the Der-Die-Das rules guide.
Example sentences
- Das Team gewinnt das Spiel heute.The team wins the game today.
- Ich arbeite in einem guten Team.I work in a good team.
Team in the four cases
The article changes with the case. The highlighted column shows the forms to use with Team: 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 |
Team 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.