Der, die or das?
der Oberkörper
masculine noun · upper body · level A1
The plural
die Oberkörper - in the plural, every German noun takes the article die.
Example
Beim Training bleibt der Oberkörper stabil.
During training, the upper body stays stable.
Why der?
"Oberkörper" doesn't follow any of the 35 gender rules -
it belongs to the words you learn together with their article, as one unit:
der Oberkörper. 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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