Der, die or das?
die Familie
feminine noun · family · level A1
The plural
die Familien - in the plural, every German noun takes the article die.
Example
Sonntags trifft sich die Familie.
On Sundays, the family gets together.
Why die?
No guessing needed: -ie → die · 1.1% of nouns
"Familie" follows the rule Nouns ending in -ie,
which covers 27 words in the Genau course.
Words from the same topic (Family)
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