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German Nouns with "das" — Neuter

All 521 neuter nouns in the A1–C2 list, commonest first. German gender is not predictable from meaning, so the practical route is bulk exposure plus the ending patterns below — and always storing the noun with its article. Drill them in the der/die/das quiz.

der Masculine 839 die Feminine 1,748 das Neuter 521
521 entries
44 at A1
73 at A2
66 at B1

Each row links to the word's full entry — meanings, forms, examples and audio — on its own level page.

  1. dasNein a no noun A1
  2. dasLeben life; being alive; life; way of life (a particular manner of behaving and passing one’s… noun A1
  3. dasHallo hullabaloo, cheering (often welcoming or celebratory) noun A1
  4. dasGeld money noun pl. Gelder A1
  5. dasHaus house; home (in various phrases) noun pl. Häuser A1
  6. dasProblem problem noun pl. Probleme A1
  7. dasKind kid; child (young person); child; offspring (person with regard to his or her parents;… noun pl. Kinder A1
  8. dasBaby baby (infant); baby (term of endearment for a lover) noun pl. Babys A1
  9. dasEnde end, finish; conclusion noun pl. Enden A1
  10. dasAuto car noun pl. Autos A1
  11. dasJahr year (solar year, the time it takes the Earth to complete one orbit of the Sun); year… noun pl. Jahre A1
  12. dasWasser water (H₂O); water, waters (body of water, especially a river or lake) noun A1
  13. dasAlter age, old age; antiquity noun A1
  14. dasLand country (territory of a nation); state, province (political division of a federation… noun pl. Länder A1
  15. dasZimmer room (separate part of a building, enclosed by walls, a floor and a ceiling); timber noun A1
  16. dasBett bed (piece of furniture, usually flat and soft, for resting or sleeping on; one's place… noun pl. Betten A1
  17. dasWort word as an isolated unit; utterance, word with context noun pl. Wörter A1
  18. dasTelefon telephone noun pl. Telefone A1
  19. dasHotel hotel noun pl. Hotels A1
  20. dasAuge eye; germ, bud; eye (potato) noun pl. Augen A1
  21. dasFenster window; time frame noun A1
  22. dasBier beer (alcoholic beverage fermented from starch material; a serving of this beverage);… noun pl. Biere A1
  23. dasGlas glass; jar (made of glass) noun pl. Gläser A1
  24. dasMesser knife noun A1
  25. dasEis ice; ice cream noun A1
  26. dasFleisch flesh; meat noun A1
  27. dasBein leg of a person, animal, or object; bone noun pl. Beine A1
  28. dasHaar hair (a singular hair, not limited to the head); hair (the totality of hair on someone's… noun pl. Haare A1
  29. dasTier animal (see usage notes below); A person who has a quality thought of as animalistic,… noun pl. Tiere A1
  30. dasKnie knee noun A1
  31. dasOhr ear (the auditory organ); ear (the external visible part of the organ, the auricle) noun pl. Ohren A1
  32. dasSchlafzimmer bedroom (bed-room), bedchamber (bed-chamber) noun A1
  33. dasBrot bread; loaf of bread noun pl. Brote A1
  34. dasEi egg (all biological senses); something egg-shaped noun pl. Eier A1
  35. dasBadezimmer bathroom (a room in a private dwelling where people wash themselves, containing a shower… noun A1
  36. dasWohnzimmer living room noun A1
  37. dasSalz salt, table salt, sal; salt noun pl. Salze A1
  38. dasCafé a café, a coffee shop; coffee noun pl. Cafés A1
  39. dasDankeschön thanks, thank-you message, word of thanks noun pl. Dankeschöns A1
  40. dasSofa sofa, couch (upholstered seat with a raised back that accommodates at least two people) noun pl. Sofas A1
  41. dasGemüse vegetable; vegetables (kinds of plants); a seasoned vegetable-based side dish, such as a… noun A1
  42. dasGeschwister sibling noun A1
  43. dasObst fruit (food); cocaine noun A1
  44. dasTennis tennis noun A1
  45. dasLeute people (several individual persons, a group of people in general, esp. of one kind or… noun A2
  46. dasGlück happiness, joy, bliss (state or emotion); luck, success (mostly when seen as dependant… noun A2
  47. dasSpiel a game (instance or way of playing); gameplay, the experience or act of playing noun pl. Spiele A2
  48. dasHerz heart; hearts noun A2
  49. dasBüro office (room for working); office, bureau, agency (administrative department or service… noun pl. Büros A2
  50. dasKrankenhaus hospital noun pl. Krankenhäuser A2
  51. dasGeschäft shop, store (establishment that sells goods or services to the public; originally only a… noun pl. Geschäfte A2
  52. dasHandy mobile phone, mobile, cell phone, phone (portable, wireless telephone) noun pl. Handys A2
  53. dasBild depiction, image, picture; computer file containing a digital image noun pl. Bilder A2
  54. dasFoto photograph (picture created by projecting an image onto a photosensitive surface) noun pl. Fotos A2
  55. dasGeschenk present, gift noun pl. Geschenke A2
  56. dasPferd horse; knight noun pl. Pferde A2
  57. dasWeihnachten Christmas noun A2
  58. dasFlugzeug aeroplane noun pl. Flugzeuge A2
  59. dasGebäude building, edifice, structure noun A2
  60. dasKleid dress, gown (kind of woman's garment); garment noun pl. Kleider A2

Common questions

How do I know when a German noun takes "das"?

Diminutives in -chen and -lein are always neuter, as are most nouns in -ment, -um, -ma and -tum, all infinitives used as nouns (das Essen), and most metals. Otherwise, learn the article with the noun.

How many German nouns are neuter?

In this 3,108-noun CEFR list, 521 take das — about 17%. Across German as a whole the split is roughly 46% die, 34% der and 20% das, so das is the least common case.

Do I really have to memorise the gender?

Yes, and it is easier if you never store the bare noun. Say and write "die Frage", not "Frage" — the article then comes back as part of the word rather than as a separate decision. The article drill in the practice section tests exactly this.

Grammatical data from Wiktionary, used under CC BY-SA 4.0. See sources.