Short answer: Aktion takes the article die (die Aktion). It’s a feminine noun (German: feminin) and means “promotion” in English.
Aktion: word facts
- Article
- die
- Gender
- feminin (feminine)
- English
- Promotion
- Topic
- Shopping and money
- Yupo level
- Beginner
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Why does Aktion take die?
Nouns ending in -ion usually take die. In Yupo’s list, 86 of 86 such words take die (100%).
See the article rules →Aktion in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | die Aktion |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | die Aktion |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | der Aktion |
