Der, die or das Ticket?
das Ticket
- Gender
- neuter
- English
- ticket
- Plural
- die Tickets
Why is it das Ticket?
No ending or meaning rule gives away the gender of Ticket. Like many everyday German nouns, it has to be learned together with its article: das Ticket.
For the endings that do predict gender, see the Der-Die-Das rules guide.
Example sentences
- Das Ticket kostet zwanzig Euro.The ticket costs twenty euros.
- Ich kaufe ein Ticket für den Zug.I buy a ticket for the train.
Ticket in the four cases
The article changes with the case. The highlighted column shows the forms to use with Ticket: 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 |
Ticket 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.