Picture in the app
das Märchen
like das Blatt
Is it der, die or das Märchen?
It's das Märchen. Plural: die Märchen.
- Meaning
- fairy tale
- Gender
- neuter
- Level
- A2 · Leisure
- Riddle
- In the app with Pro
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. Märchen follows the rule.
Märchen in other languages
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