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