Excel-Tabelle: der, die or das?
dieExcel-Tabelle
Excel spreadsheet
Short answer: Excel-Tabelle takes the article die (die Excel-Tabelle). It’s a feminine noun (German: feminin) and means “Excel spreadsheet” in English.
Excel-Tabelle: word facts
- Article
- die
- Gender
- feminin (feminine)
- English
- Excel spreadsheet
- Topic
- Career and learning
- Yupo level
- Advanced
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Why does Excel-Tabelle 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 →Remember it by color
In Yupo, die words are red. Picture Excel-Tabelle as something red.
Always say and write the word with its article: not “Excel-Tabelle” but “die Excel-Tabelle”.
