Der, die or das?
das Tierheim
neuter noun · animal shelter · level A1
The plural
die Tierheime - in the plural, every German noun takes the article die.
Example
Das Tierheim hilft vielen Tieren.
The animal shelter helps many animals.
Why das?
"Tierheim" doesn't follow any of the 35 gender rules -
it belongs to the words you learn together with their article, as one unit:
das Tierheim. That's exactly what the app's spaced repetition is for.
Words from the same topic (Animals)
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.
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