Ehrung: der, die or das?
dieEhrung
Tribute, honouring
Short answer: Ehrung takes the article die (die Ehrung). It’s a feminine noun (German: feminin) and means “tribute, honouring” in English.
Ehrung: word facts
- Article
- die
- Gender
- feminin (feminine)
- English
- Tribute, honouring
- Topic
- Culture and arts
- Yupo level
- Beginner
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Why does Ehrung take die?
Nouns ending in -ung usually take die. In Yupo’s list, 227 of 227 such words take die (100%).
See the article rules →Ehrung in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | die Ehrung |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | die Ehrung |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | der Ehrung |
