Der, die or das?
das Mehl
neuter noun · flour · level A1
The plural
die Mehle - in the plural, every German noun takes the article die.
Example
Jetzt liegt das Mehl im Schrank.
Now, the flour is in the cupboard.
Why das?
"Mehl" doesn't follow any of the 35 gender rules -
it belongs to the words you learn together with their article, as one unit:
das Mehl. That's exactly what the app's spaced repetition is for.
Words from the same topic (Food)
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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