Der, die or das?
der Nagel
masculine noun · nail · level A1
The plural
die Nägel - in the plural, every German noun takes the article die.
Example
Der Nagel steckt fest in der Wand.
The nail is stuck firmly in the wall.
Why der?
"Nagel" doesn't follow any of the 35 gender rules -
it belongs to the words you learn together with their article, as one unit:
der Nagel. That's exactly what the app's spaced repetition is for.
Words from the same topic (The body)
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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