Der, die or das?
der Quadratkilometer
masculine noun · square kilometer · level A1
The plural
die Quadratkilometer - in the plural, every German noun takes the article die.
Example
Genau misst der Quadratkilometer große Flächen.
Precisely, the square kilometer measures large areas.
Why der?
"Quadratkilometer" doesn't follow any of the 35 gender rules -
it belongs to the words you learn together with their article, as one unit:
der Quadratkilometer. That's exactly what the app's spaced repetition is for.
Words from the same topic (Numbers & measures)
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