Short answer: Elster takes the article die (die Elster). It’s a feminine noun (German: feminin) and means “magpie” in English.
Elster: word facts
- Article
- die
- Gender
- feminin (feminine)
- English
- Magpie
- Topic
- Nature and the outdoors
- Yupo level
- Intermediate
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Why does Elster take die?
Exception: most nouns ending in -er take der, but Elster takes die. Learn it together with its article.
See the article rules →Elster in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | die Elster |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | die Elster |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | der Elster |
