Der, die or das?

der Brand

masculine noun · blaze · level A1

The plural

die Brände - in the plural, every German noun takes the article die.

Example

Schnell breitet sich der Brand aus.
Quickly, the fire spreads.

Why der?

"Brand" doesn't follow any of the 35 gender rules - it belongs to the words you learn together with their article, as one unit: der Brand. That's exactly what the app's spaced repetition is for.

Words from the same topic (The city)

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. Coming soon to the App Store.