Is it der, die or das Album?

das Album

neuteralbum

Plural: die Alben

Declension

Nominativ

Definite
das Album
Indefinite
ein Album
Plural
die Alben

Akkusativ

Definite
das Album
Indefinite
ein Album
Plural
die Alben

Dativ

Definite
dem Album
Indefinite
einem Album
Plural
den Alben

Genitiv

Definite
des Albums
Indefinite
eines Albums
Plural
der Alben

How to use “Album” in each case

  • Nominative — the subject of the sentence: who or what is doing something.

    das Album · ein Album

  • Accusative — the direct object (whom or what?), and always after für, durch, gegen, ohne and um.

    das Album · ein Album · für das Album

  • Dative — the indirect object (to or for whom?), and always after mit, nach, aus, zu, von and bei.

    dem Album · einem Album · mit dem Album

  • Genitive — possession (whose?), and after wegen, trotz and während.

    des Albums · eines Albums · wegen des Albums

In the plural it is die Alben in the nominative and accusative, den Alben in the dative and der Alben in the genitive. There is no indefinite article in the plural.

Example sentence

Das neue Album von meiner Lieblingsband ist wirklich toll.

The new album of my favorite band is really great.

💡 Why das? “Album” ends in -um, and nouns with this ending usually take das. Another example: das Museum

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