Words ending in -um: der, die or das?

das

Words ending in -um take the article “das”. Of 13 words in the Panderdiedas vocabulary 12 follow the rule – here they all are, exceptions included.

Words taken from Latin: das Museum, das Datum. Der Baum and der Raum are not among them, they only happen to end the same way.

92 % – of 13 matching words 12 follow the rule, 1 do not. holds mostly

Exceptions

  • derKonsum

All 12 words that follow the rule

  • dasAlbum
  • dasAquarium
  • dasDatum
  • dasForum
  • dasGymnasium
  • dasMuseum
  • dasPraktikum
  • dasPublikum
  • dasStudium
  • dasUniversum
  • dasVisum
  • dasZentrum

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