Alufolie: der, die or das?
dieAlufolie
Aluminum foil
Short answer: Alufolie takes the article die (die Alufolie). It’s a feminine noun (German: feminin) and means “aluminum foil” in English.
Alufolie: word facts
- Article
- die
- Gender
- feminin (feminine)
- English
- Aluminum foil
- Topic
- Home and daily life
- Yupo level
- Intermediate
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Why does Alufolie take die?
Nouns ending in -ie usually take die. In Yupo’s list, 53 of 54 such words take die (98%).
See the article rules →Alufolie in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | die Alufolie |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | die Alufolie |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | der Alufolie |
