Der, die or das?

das Ehepaar

neuter noun · married couple · level A1

The plural

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

Example

Das Ehepaar wohnt nebenan.
The married couple lives next door.

Why das?

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

Words from the same topic (Family)

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