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Words

das Nomen / das Substantiv

In English: noun

A word that names a person, an animal, a thing, a place or an idea. In German every noun has a gender and is always written with a capital letter, even in the middle of a sentence.

Example: Die Katze schläft auf dem Sofa. (The cat is sleeping on the sofa.)

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das Genus die Großschreibung der Artikel

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