Der, die or das?

die Hand

feminine noun · hand · level A1

The plural

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

Example

Vorsichtig hebt sie die Hand.
Carefully, she raises her hand.

Why die?

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

Words from the same topic (The body)

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