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Der, die or das Vitamin?

das Vitamin

Gender
neuter
English
vitamin
Plural
die Vitamine

Why is it das Vitamin?

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

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

Example sentences

Vitamin in the four cases

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

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

Vitamin 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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