Essstörung: der, die or das?
dieEssstörung
Eating disorder
Short answer: Essstörung takes the article die (die Essstörung). It’s a feminine noun (German: feminin) and means “eating disorder” in English.
Essstörung: word facts
- Article
- die
- Gender
- feminin (feminine)
- English
- Eating disorder
- Topic
- Body and health
- Yupo level
- Advanced
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Why does Essstörung take die?
Nouns ending in -ung usually take die. In Yupo’s list, 337 of 337 such words take die (100%).
See the article rules →Essstörung in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | die Essstörung |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | die Essstörung |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | der Essstörung |
