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

Der, die or das?

die Telefonnummer

feminine noun · phone number · level A1

The plural

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

Example

Die Telefonnummer ist lang.

The phone number is long.

Why die?

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

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der Vorname
die Hilfe
die Leute
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das Alter
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