Der, die or das?
der Pilz
masculine noun · mushroom · level A1
The plural
die Pilze - in the plural, every German noun takes the article die.
Example
Dort wächst der Pilz unter dem alten Baum.
There, the mushroom grows under the old tree.
Why der?
"Pilz" doesn't follow any of the 35 gender rules -
it belongs to the words you learn together with their article, as one unit:
der Pilz. That's exactly what the app's spaced repetition is for.
Words from the same topic (Food)
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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