Der, die or das?
der Onkel
masculine noun · uncle · level A1
The plural
die Onkel - in the plural, every German noun takes the article die.
Example
Leider wohnt der Onkel weit weg von uns.
Unfortunately, the uncle lives far away from us.
Why der?
"Onkel" doesn't follow any of the 35 gender rules -
it belongs to the words you learn together with their article, as one unit:
der Onkel. That's exactly what the app's spaced repetition is for.
Words from the same topic (Family)
Practice it, don't just read it. In the Genau app you train der/die/das
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