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Der, die or das Text?

der Text

Gender
masculine
English
text
Plural
die Texte

Why is it der Text?

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

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

Example sentences

Text in the four cases

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

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

Text 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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