Numerus clausus: der, die or das?
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Numerus clausus
Short answer: Numerus clausus takes the article der (der Numerus clausus). It’s a masculine noun (German: maskulin) and means “numerus clausus” in English.
Numerus clausus: word facts
- Article
- der
- Gender
- maskulin (masculine)
- English
- Numerus clausus
- Topic
- Career and learning
- Yupo level
- Advanced
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Why does Numerus clausus take der?
No suffix rule covers Numerus clausus, so learn it together with its article. In Yupo, der words are blue. Picture Numerus clausus as something blue.
See the article rules →Remember it by color
In Yupo, der words are blue. Picture Numerus clausus as something blue.
Always say and write the word with its article: not “Numerus clausus” but “der Numerus clausus”.
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