Short answer: Demenz takes the article die (die Demenz). It’s a feminine noun (German: feminin) and means “dementia” in English.
Demenz: word facts
- Article
- die
- Gender
- feminin (feminine)
- English
- Dementia
- Topic
- Body and health
- Yupo level
- Advanced
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Why does Demenz take die?
Nouns ending in -enz usually take die. In Yupo’s list, 16 of 16 such words take die (100%).
See the article rules →Demenz in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | die Demenz |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | die Demenz |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | der Demenz |
