Der, die or das Theater?
das Theater
- Gender
- neuter
- English
- theater
- Plural
- die Theater
Why is it das Theater?
No ending or meaning rule gives away the gender of Theater. Like many everyday German nouns, it has to be learned together with its article: das Theater.
For the endings that do predict gender, see the Der-Die-Das rules guide.
Example sentences
- Das Theater liegt am Marktplatz.The theatre is on the market square.
- Wir gehen oft ins Theater.We often go to the theatre.
Theater in the four cases
The article changes with the case. The highlighted column shows the forms to use with Theater: 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 |
Theater 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.