No rule for this one
No ending or word group predicts the article of Schmerz. Learn it as a pair and say it out loud: der Schmerz.
der, die oder das Schmerz?
der Schmerz
It's der Schmerz. Schmerz is masculine, plural die Schmerzen.
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- Plural
- die Schmerzen
- Meaning
- pain
- In our course
- A1
- Body & health · also A2, B1, B2, C1, C2
Example
Wo haben Sie Schmerzen?
Where do you have pain?
Ich habe Schmerzen im Rücken.
I have pain in my back.