Colours as nouns: der, die or das?
das
colours as nouns take the article “das”. Of 7 words in the Panderdiedas vocabulary 6 follow the rule – here they all are, exceptions included.
Das Rot, das Blau, das Grün - the colour itself is neuter.
86 % – of 7 matching words 6 follow the rule, 1 do not. holds mostly
Exceptions
- dieOrange
All 6 words that follow the rule
- dasBlau
- dasGelb
- dasGrün
- dasRot
- dasSchwarz
- dasWeiß