Der, die or das?
das Vorjahr
neuter noun · previous year · level A1
The plural
die Vorjahre - in the plural, every German noun takes the article die.
Example
Heute zählt das Vorjahr noch.
Today, the previous year still counts.
Why das?
"Vorjahr" doesn't follow any of the 35 gender rules -
it belongs to the words you learn together with their article, as one unit:
das Vorjahr. That's exactly what the app's spaced repetition is for.
Words from the same topic (Time & calendar)
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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