Erziehung: der, die or das?
dieErziehung
Upbringing
Short answer: Erziehung takes the article die (die Erziehung). It’s a feminine noun (German: feminin) and means “upbringing” in English.
Erziehung: word facts
- Article
- die
- Gender
- feminin (feminine)
- English
- Upbringing
- Topic
- Relationships and community
- Yupo level
- Beginner
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Why does Erziehung 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 →Erziehung in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | die Erziehung |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | die Erziehung |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | der Erziehung |
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