Is « dieu » masculine or feminine?

« dieu » is masculine. You say le dieu.

Article forms

With the definite article le dieu
With the indefinite article un dieu
With the partitive article du dieu

Plural

The plural is dieux (les dieux). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.

Why the gender

dieu ends in -eu. Nouns ending in -eu are usually masculine, so dieu follows the pattern. The full rules by ending cover every common suffix.

Related words

Other common nouns that end the same way:

Common questions

Is « dieu » masculine or feminine?

« dieu » is masculine. You say le dieu.

Is it « la dieu » or « le dieu »?

It is « le dieu ». « la dieu » is incorrect.


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