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der, die oder das Auge?

das Auge

It's das Auge. Auge is neuter, plural die Augen.

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Plural
die Augen
Meaning
eye
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Body & health

Example

  • Meine Augen sind müde.

    My eyes are tired.

Why das?

Exception

-e die

Usually 85.6% of the 2,894 common nouns ending in -e take die.

Auge breaks this rule: it is das Auge, not die Auge.

Masculine -e nouns are mostly people and animals (der Junge, der Kollege, der Löwe). Learn der Name and der Käse as pairs.

Other exceptions der Glaube, der Junge, das Ende, der Name