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Ecke: der, die or das?

dieEcke

Corner

feminin · feminineCity and transportLevel: Beginner

Short answer: Ecke takes the article die (die Ecke). It’s a feminine noun (German: feminin) and means “corner” in English.

Ecke: word facts

Article
die
Gender
feminin (feminine)
English
Corner
Topic
City and transport
Yupo level
Beginner

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Why does Ecke take die?

Nouns ending in -e usually take die. In Yupo’s list, 816 of 863 such words take die (94%).

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Ecke in the accusative and dative

Singular, with the definite article

Nominativsubject: who? what?die Ecke
Akkusativdirect object: whom? what?die Ecke
Dativindirect object: to whom?der Ecke

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