Der, die or das?
der Starkregen
masculine noun · heavy rain · level A1
The plural
die Starkregen - in the plural, every German noun takes the article die.
Example
Der Starkregen dauert lange.
The heavy rain lasts a long time.
Why der?
"Starkregen" doesn't follow any of the 35 gender rules -
it belongs to the words you learn together with their article, as one unit:
der Starkregen. That's exactly what the app's spaced repetition is for.
Words from the same topic (Weather)
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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