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das Mädchen

like das Blatt

Is it der, die or das Mädchen?

It's das Mädchen. Plural: die Mädchen.

Meaning
girl
Gender
neuter
Level
A1 · People
Riddle
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Why it's das: -chen / -lein

Little things: -chen and -lein make every word das, even das Mädchen. Only the little-thing ending counts: der Kuchen and der Knochen just end in -chen. Mädchen follows the rule.

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Mädchen in other languages

Czech
dívka
Slovak
dievča
Hungarian
lány
Slovenian
deklica
Italian
ragazza
Croatian
djevojčica
Bosnian
djevojčica
Serbian
devojčica
Romanian
fată
Polish
dziewczynka
Ukrainian
дівчинка
Turkish
kız
Arabic
بنت
Persian
دختر
Dari (Afghanistan)
دختر
Pashto (Afghanistan)
نجلۍ

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