Der, die or das?
der Daumen
masculine noun · thumb · level A1
The plural
die Daumen - in the plural, every German noun takes the article die.
Example
Der Daumen zeigt heute nach oben.
The thumb points up today.
Why der?
"Daumen" doesn't follow any of the 35 gender rules -
it belongs to the words you learn together with their article, as one unit:
der Daumen. That's exactly what the app's spaced repetition is for.
Words from the same topic (The body)
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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