Der, die or das Insel? The correct article and plural

Der, die or das?

die Insel

feminine noun · island · level A2

The plural

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

Why die?

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

Words from the same topic (Nature)

die Natur
die Erde
der See
der Wald
das Meer
die Umgebung
das Feld
der Baum

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