Artenvielfalt: der, die or das?
dieArtenvielfalt
Biodiversity
Short answer: Artenvielfalt takes the article die (die Artenvielfalt). It’s a feminine noun (German: feminin) and means “biodiversity” in English.
Artenvielfalt: word facts
- Article
- die
- Gender
- feminin (feminine)
- English
- Biodiversity
- Topic
- Nature and the outdoors
- Yupo level
- Advanced
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Why does Artenvielfalt take die?
Artenvielfalt is a compound noun. In compounds, the last part decides the article: die Vielfalt → die Artenvielfalt.
See the article rules →Artenvielfalt in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | die Artenvielfalt |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | die Artenvielfalt |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | der Artenvielfalt |
More words ending in -vielfalt
They all take die, because the last part decides the article.
