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The article for

Mindestalter

das Mindestalter

Mindestalter is a neuter German noun. Its article is das.

Plural
no plural

Learn the noun together with its article. See the article rules.

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Why is it das Mindestalter?

Mindestalter ends in -er. Most nouns with this ending are masculine (86% take der), but Mindestalter is an exception: das Mindestalter.

The other -er exceptions
Sense 1
das

Meaning

[1] Age that you must have reached to be able to/must be able to

[1] Alter, das man erreicht haben muss, um etwas Bestimmtes zu dürfen/müssen

Examples

[1] "The minimum age was determined to 16 years, which caused the apprenticeship to be released no support"

[1] „Das Mindestalter war auf 16 Jahre festgelegt, wodurch entlassenen Lehrburschen keine Unterstützung zuteil wurde.“

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ das Mindestalter —
Genitiv des Mindestalters —
Dativ dem Mindestalter —
Akkusativ das Mindestalter —

Pronunciation

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