Der, die or das Schatten? The correct article and plural

Der, die or das?

der Schatten

masculine noun · shadow · level A2

The plural

die Schatten - in the plural, every German noun takes the article die.

Why der?

"Schatten" doesn't follow any of the 35 gender rules - it belongs to the words you learn together with their article, as one unit: der Schatten. That's exactly what the app's spaced repetition is for.

Words from the same topic (Nature)

die Natur
die Erde
der See
der Wald
das Meer
die Umgebung
das Feld
die Insel

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. Coming soon to the App Store.