Der, die or das?

die Schicht

feminine noun · shift · level A1

The plural

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

Example

Heute endet die Schicht um Mitternacht.
Today, the shift ends at midnight.

Why die?

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

Words from the same topic (Work (basics))

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