Nouns and cases

das Neutrum

In English: neuter

The gender of nouns with the article das. Diminutives in -chen and -lein, infinitives used as nouns and most nouns in -um and -ment are neuter. This is why das Mädchen (the girl) is neuter.

Example: Das Mädchen liest ein Buch.

Related lessons

• Gender and the articles: der, die, das, ein, eine (A1)

See also

das Genus die Verkleinerungsform (das Diminutiv) das Maskulinum