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Der, die or das Zimmer?

das Zimmer

Gender
neuter
English
room
Plural
die Zimmer

Why is it das Zimmer?

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

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

Example sentences

Zimmer in the four cases

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

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

Zimmer 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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