Der, die or das?

der Donnerstagabend

masculine noun · Thursday evening · level A1

The plural

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

Example

Der Donnerstagabend ist unser Kinoabend.
Thursday evening is our movie night.

Why der?

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

Words from the same topic (Time & calendar)

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