Der, die or das?

der Spielplatz

masculine noun · playground · level A1

The plural

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

Example

Der Spielplatz ist heute sehr voll.
The playground is very crowded today.

Why der?

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

Words from the same topic (Family)

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