noun
alphabet, ABC
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Alphabet: the set of letters used in a language (alphabet, ABC). It’s a neuter noun (das Alphabet) with plural Alphabete. No special prepositions or reflexivity. Regular declension shown; genitive often des Alphabets or des Alphabetes in variants. Common term for letter order and basics.
Examples
Im Deutschunterricht lernten die Kinder das Alphabet.
In German class, the children learned the alphabet.
Die Schüler lernten das Alphabet, bevor die Klassenarbeit geschrieben wurde.
The students learned the alphabet before the class test was held.
Er kann schon sein ABC aufsagen.
He can already recite his ABCs.
Details
Mnemonics
Visualize the line of letters A B C... in order.
Looks and sounds like English 'alphabet' — same idea of letters A to Z.
das — think 'das A' (the letter A), neuter like many concrete 'das' words.
Notes
Genitive singular commonly 'des Alphabets'. Plural often 'Alphabete' when referring to different alphabets.