Der, die or das?
der Kauf
masculine noun · purchase · level A1
The plural
die Käufe - in the plural, every German noun takes the article die.
Example
Der Kauf spart uns viel Geld.
The purchase saves us a lot of money.
Why der?
"Kauf" doesn't follow any of the 35 gender rules -
it belongs to the words you learn together with their article, as one unit:
der Kauf. That's exactly what the app's spaced repetition is for.
Words from the same topic (Shopping)
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