Der, die or das?

die Feuerwehr

feminine noun · fire department · level A1

The plural

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

Example

Schnell hilft die Feuerwehr allen.
Quickly, the fire department helps everyone.

Why die?

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

Words from the same topic (The city)

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