Der, die or das?

der Feuerwehrmann

masculine noun · firefighter · level A1

The plural

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

Example

Gerade löscht der Feuerwehrmann das große Feuer.
Right now, the firefighter puts out the big fire.

Why der?

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

Words from the same topic (Work (basics))

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