Bandscheibe: der, die or das?
dieBandscheibe
Intervertebral disc
Short answer: Bandscheibe takes the article die (die Bandscheibe). It’s a feminine noun (German: feminin) and means “intervertebral disc” in English.
Bandscheibe: word facts
- Article
- die
- Gender
- feminin (feminine)
- English
- Intervertebral disc
- Topic
- Body and health
- Yupo level
- Advanced
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Why does Bandscheibe take die?
Nouns ending in -e usually take die. In Yupo’s list, 816 of 863 such words take die (94%).
See the article rules →Bandscheibe in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | die Bandscheibe |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | die Bandscheibe |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | der Bandscheibe |
