Short answer: Ballade takes the article die (die Ballade). It’s a feminine noun (German: feminin) and means “ballad” in English.
Ballade: word facts
- Article
- die
- Gender
- feminin (feminine)
- English
- Ballad
- Topic
- Culture and arts
- Yupo level
- Beginner
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Why does Ballade take die?
Nouns ending in -ade usually take die. In Yupo’s list, 11 of 11 such words take die (100%).
See the article rules →Ballade in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | die Ballade |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | die Ballade |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | der Ballade |
