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der, die oder das Update?

das Update

It's das Update. Update is neuter, plural die Updates.

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Plural
die Updates
Meaning
update
In our course
A1
IT & office (your field)

Example

  • Das Update ist fertig.

    The update is finished.

Why das?

Exception

-e die

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

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

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