Der, die or das?
das Tier
neuter noun · animal · level A1
The plural
die Tiere - in the plural, every German noun takes the article die.
Example
Das Tier frisst nur Gras.
The animal eats only grass.
Why das?
"Tier" doesn't follow any of the 35 gender rules -
it belongs to the words you learn together with their article, as one unit:
das Tier. That's exactly what the app's spaced repetition is for.
Words from the same topic (Animals)
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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