Der, die or das?
der Vater
masculine noun · father · level A1
The plural
die Väter - in the plural, every German noun takes the article die.
Example
Abends liest der Vater gern.
In the evenings, the father likes to read.
Why der?
"Vater" doesn't follow any of the 35 gender rules -
it belongs to the words you learn together with their article, as one unit:
der Vater. That's exactly what the app's spaced repetition is for.
Words from the same topic (Family)
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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