I want to say that the stress on the word "Banane" falls on the second 'a'. What's the gender of 'a'?
Die/Der/Das zweite "a" wird im Wort "Banane" betont.
Which one is correct?
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Sign up to join this communityNominalised single letters are neuter:
das A
das B
das C
das D
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However, the letter case of individual letters of a word is not changed:
das a in Land
das b in Abend
das c in Tacitus
das d in Bude
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On the other hand, the word „Buchstabe“ is masculine:
der Buchstabe A
der Buchstabe B
der Buchstabe C
der Buchstabe D
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