Bibliothek: der, die or das?
dieBibliothek
Library
Short answer: Bibliothek takes the article die (die Bibliothek). It’s a feminine noun (German: feminin) and means “library” in English.
Bibliothek: word facts
- Article
- die
- Gender
- feminin (feminine)
- English
- Library
- Topic
- Career and learning
- Yupo level
- Beginner
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Why does Bibliothek take die?
No suffix rule covers Bibliothek, so learn it together with its article. In Yupo, die words are red. Picture Bibliothek as something red.
See the article rules →Bibliothek in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | die Bibliothek |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | die Bibliothek |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | der Bibliothek |
