The der/die/das rules / Days, months, and seasons

Rule for masculine · der

Days, months, and seasons

Days, months, and seasons are always der.

The rule, in plain language

In German, an entire category of time-related words is always masculine - the days of the week, the months of the year, and the seasons. That's why we say der Freitag, der Sonntag, and der Samstag: every day of the week follows this pattern, just like the months and seasons. This is a semantic rule (based on meaning, not spelling) that covers 26 frequent words in the course, with no exception found. It's one of the safest rules to remember: any day, month, or season takes der.

In the A1-B1 vocabulary of the Genau course, this rule covers 26 words (1.1%) and has no exceptions.

Representative examples

All course words that follow this rule

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