Fachhochschule: der, die or das?
dieFachhochschule
University of applied sciences
Short answer: Fachhochschule takes the article die (die Fachhochschule). It’s a feminine noun (German: feminin) and means “university of applied sciences” in English.
Fachhochschule: word facts
- Article
- die
- Gender
- feminin (feminine)
- English
- University of applied sciences
- Topic
- Career and learning
- Yupo level
- Advanced
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Why does Fachhochschule 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 →Fachhochschule in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | die Fachhochschule |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | die Fachhochschule |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | der Fachhochschule |
