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Der, die or das Turnier?

das Turnier

Gender
neuter
English
tournament
Plural
die Turniere

Why is it das Turnier?

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

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

Example sentences

Turnier in the four cases

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

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

Turnier 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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