Der, die or das?

das Schuljahr

neuter noun · school year · level A1

The plural

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

Example

Das Schuljahr beginnt im September.
The school year begins in September.

Why das?

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

Words from the same topic (School & learning)

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