Is it der, die or das Rädchen? – das Rädchen (cog), plural die Rädchen

Why is it das Rädchen?

Rädchen ends in -chen, and almost all nouns ending in -chen are neuter: in a German dictionary, 94% of them take das.

Sense 1

das

[1] Small bike

[1] kleines Rad

[1] There are often several cogs in wristwatches
[1] In Armbanduhren sind oft mehrere Rädchen.

1	Singular	Plural 1	Plural 2
Nominativ	das Rädchen	die Rädchen	die Räderchen
Genitiv	des Rädchens	der Rädchen	der Räderchen
Dativ	dem Rädchen	den Rädchen	den Räderchen
Akkusativ	das Rädchen	die Rädchen	die Räderchen

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