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Der, die or das Tuch?

das Tuch

Gender
neuter
English
cloth
Plural
die Tücher

Why is it das Tuch?

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

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

Example sentences

Tuch in the four cases

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

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

Tuch 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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