Der, die or das?
das Schiff
neuter noun · ship · level A1
The plural
die Schiffe - in the plural, every German noun takes the article die.
Example
Das Schiff fährt nach Norwegen.
The ship sails to Norway.
Why das?
"Schiff" doesn't follow any of the 35 gender rules -
it belongs to the words you learn together with their article, as one unit:
das Schiff. That's exactly what the app's spaced repetition is for.
Words from the same topic (Transport)
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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