Trainer

Der, die or das Vermögen?

das Vermögen

Gender
neuter
English
assets, fortune, ability
Plural
die Vermögen

Why is it das Vermögen?

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

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

Example sentences

Vermögen in the four cases

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

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

Vermögen 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.

Practice der, die, das

More German nouns