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