Short answer: Bilanz takes the article die (die Bilanz). It’s a feminine noun (German: feminin) and means “balance” in English.
Bilanz: word facts
- Article
- die
- Gender
- feminin (feminine)
- English
- Balance
- Topic
- Shopping and money
- Yupo level
- Advanced
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Why does Bilanz take die?
Nouns ending in -anz usually take die. In Yupo’s list, 8 of 9 such words take die (88%).
See the article rules →Bilanz in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | die Bilanz |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | die Bilanz |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | der Bilanz |
