Der, die or das?
der Mensch
masculine noun · human being · level A1
The plural
die Menschen - in the plural, every German noun takes the article die.
Example
Grundsätzlich lernt der Mensch gern.
Basically, people like to learn.
Why der?
"Mensch" doesn't follow any of the 35 gender rules -
it belongs to the words you learn together with their article, as one unit:
der Mensch. That's exactly what the app's spaced repetition is for.
Words from the same topic (People & greetings)
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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