"Die Mädchen trinken Wasser."

Translation: The girls drink water.

[sabanerox]

So "Die Mädchen" is the girls, and "Das Mädchen" is just one, pretty clever

[Bob20020]

In german, AAAAALLLLLLLLLL plurals are die

[Andymartnez]

you're doing God's work

[DonnaTheBuffalo]

Thats helpful

[GunMan335]

Yes you are right

[braydon.moloney]

"Die Mädchen" and "Die Menschen" sound frustrating similar!!!

[McJazzo]

At least they're not eating insects like in that other sentence.

[JasonBayer1]

Careful! "Die Mädchen" is actually the plural of "das Mädchen".
The girls are drinking water. that is what it said i got wrong...

the girls are drinking wasser is what i typed...

[RZahirsky]

Me too!

[fatbobcat]

I thought 'the girl' is 'das Mädchen' so why is the plural 'die Mädchen'?

[Evander007]

'die' is the plural form of 'das'.

[Amstellodamois]

It's the plural of der and die as well.

[ecmoraes]

Becouse this word is a diminutive. And diminutive the singular and plural are the same only change the article.

[CaioFranca2]

What is the plural of der Junge? I think Duolingo hasn't taught us this word yet

[Wells3000]

Die Jungen

[ZoeyChan666]

why is "the girl drinks water' wrong?!

[Kid_Zero_4B6E54]

'Die Mädchen' means 'The girls'. Also, if you noticed, you'd see that the verb is 'trinken', so the subject must be plural

[Kamal151328]

How the Mädchen gender is NEUTER.Can someone explain

[lynettemcw]

There is no good explanation except to say grammatical gender is different from natural gender in several cases in German. Mädchen and Kind are neuter, among others. You just have to learn it. But as a help words ending in the diminutive chen are neuter.

[Kamal151328]

Thanks this helps to understand :)

[Metatron36]

Words ending with -chen are always neutral. It is an affectionate ending, like Maus + mouse, Mauschen + Mousey. I hope you get it. We don't know why the world 'girl' has this in German. I only assume that very long ago there was a word like "Die Mad", like 'maid' in English. So if you think about that, das Madchen means something like 'the little girl'

[BBaoVanC]

Why isnt it "the girl," but "the girls?"

[lynettemcw]

Das Mädchen is the singular and Die Mädchen is the plural. The chen ending is a diminutive and all diminutive nouns in German are neuter.

[RobertWalz1]

I can't get my sound working.

[Michal432884]

Why not "The girls are drinking water"?