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Der, die or das?

das Schild

neuter noun · sign · level A1

The plural

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

Example

Das Schild zeigt den Weg.
The sign shows the way.

Why das?

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

Words from the same topic (The city)

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