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No ending or word group predicts the article of Ei. Learn it as a pair and say it out loud: das Ei.
der, die oder das Ei?
das Ei
It's das Ei. Ei is neuter, plural die Eier.
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- Plural
- die Eier
- Meaning
- egg
- In our course
- A1
- Food & drink
Example
Zum Frühstück esse ich zwei Eier.
For breakfast I eat two eggs.