Der, die or das?
das Alter
neuter noun · age · level A1
The plural
die Alter - in the plural, every German noun takes the article die.
Example
Hier zählt das Alter nicht.
Here, age doesn't matter.
Why das?
"Alter" doesn't follow any of the 35 gender rules -
it belongs to the words you learn together with their article, as one unit:
das Alter. That's exactly what the app's spaced repetition is for.
Words from the same topic (People & greetings)
Practice it, don't just read it. In the Genau app you train der/die/das
across all 2,400 words, with the rule shown on every mistake - free, offline, no account.
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