Mehrlinge: der, die or das?
dieMehrlinge
Multiple-birth children
Short answer: Mehrlinge is used in the plural in German, and plural nouns always take die in the nominative (die Mehrlinge). It means “multiple-birth children” in English.
Mehrlinge: word facts
- Article
- die (plural)
- Gender
- plural noun
- English
- Multiple-birth children
- Topic
- Relationships and community
- Yupo level
- Beginner
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Why does Mehrlinge take die?
This word is used in the plural in German. In the nominative, plural nouns always take die.
See the article rules →Remember it by color
In Yupo, die words are red. Picture Mehrlinge as something red.
Always say and write the word with its article: not “Mehrlinge” but “die Mehrlinge”.
