German nouns ending in -ett

-ett is neuter: das Etikett, das Ballett.

Say the article and the noun together. The ending is a hint, not a word.

On the 54 common nouns with this ending in the frequency list behind these rules, 98.1% take das. We label that “always”. The count is from german-nouns (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0). It is not an exam pass rate.

Exceptions in this rule

• der Kadett

Learn the exceptions as pairs. The ending is still worth using for every other noun.

Examples the course uses

• das Etikett
• das Parkett
• das Ballett

In this dictionary

• das Bett

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