Short answer: Fähigkeit takes the article die (die Fähigkeit). It’s a feminine noun (German: feminin) and means “ability” in English.
Fähigkeit: word facts
- Article
- die
- Gender
- feminin (feminine)
- English
- Ability
- Topic
- Career and learning
- Yupo level
- Beginner
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Why does Fähigkeit take die?
Nouns ending in -keit usually take die. In Yupo’s list, 23 of 23 such words take die (100%).
See the article rules →Fähigkeit in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | die Fähigkeit |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | die Fähigkeit |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | der Fähigkeit |
