Der, die or das?
der Igel
masculine noun · hedgehog · level A1
The plural
die Igel - in the plural, every German noun takes the article die.
Example
Der Igel schläft jetzt unter dem Busch.
The hedgehog is sleeping under the bush now.
Why der?
"Igel" doesn't follow any of the 35 gender rules -
it belongs to the words you learn together with their article, as one unit:
der Igel. That's exactly what the app's spaced repetition is for.
Words from the same topic (Animals)
Practice it, don't just read it. In the Genau app you train der/die/das
across all 2,400 words, with the rule shown on every mistake - free, offline, no account.
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