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Ehe: der, die or das?

dieEhe

Marriage

feminin · feminineRelationships and communityLevel: Beginner

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

Ehe: word facts

Article
die
Gender
feminin (feminine)
English
Marriage
Topic
Relationships and community
Yupo level
Beginner

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Why does Ehe take die?

No suffix rule covers Ehe, so learn it together with its article. In Yupo, die words are red. Picture Ehe as something red.

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Ehe in the accusative and dative

Singular, with the definite article

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

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