Der, die or das Landeshauptstadt? The correct article and plural

Der, die or das?

die Landeshauptstadt

feminine noun · state capital · level A2

The plural

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

Why die?

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

Words from the same topic (Countries & cities)

das Land
die Region
der Schweizer
die Hauptstadt
das Ausland
das Gebiet
der Kanton
das Schloss

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