Elektrizität: der, die or das?
dieElektrizität
Electricity
Short answer: Elektrizität takes the article die (die Elektrizität). It’s a feminine noun (German: feminin) and means “electricity” in English.
Elektrizität: word facts
- Article
- die
- Gender
- feminin (feminine)
- English
- Electricity
- Topic
- Technology and media
- Yupo level
- Beginner
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Why does Elektrizität take die?
Nouns ending in -tät usually take die. In Yupo’s list, 18 of 18 such words take die (100%).
See the article rules →Elektrizität in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | die Elektrizität |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | die Elektrizität |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | der Elektrizität |
