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der, die oder das Name?

der Name

It's der Name. Name is masculine, plural die Namen.

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Plural
die Namen
Meaning
name
In our course
A1
Greetings & introductions

Example

  • Mein Name ist Max Mustermann.

    My name is Max Mustermann.

Why der?

Exception

-e die

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

Name breaks this rule: it is der Name, not die Name.

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, das Auge