Eizellspende: der, die or das?
dieEizellspende
Egg donation
Short answer: Eizellspende takes the article die (die Eizellspende). It’s a feminine noun (German: feminin) and means “egg donation” in English.
Eizellspende: word facts
- Article
- die
- Gender
- feminin (feminine)
- English
- Egg donation
- Topic
- Relationships and community
- Yupo level
- Intermediate
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Why does Eizellspende take die?
Nouns ending in -e usually take die. In Yupo’s list, 583 of 607 such words take die (96%).
See the article rules →Eizellspende in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | die Eizellspende |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | die Eizellspende |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | der Eizellspende |
