Familie: der, die or das?
dieFamilie
Family
Short answer: Familie takes the article die (die Familie). It’s a feminine noun (German: feminin) and means “family” in English.
Familie: word facts
- Article
- die
- Gender
- feminin (feminine)
- English
- Family
- Topic
- Relationships and community
- Yupo level
- Beginner
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Why does Familie take die?
Nouns ending in -ie usually take die. In Yupo’s list, 53 of 54 such words take die (98%).
See the article rules →Familie in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | die Familie |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | die Familie |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | der Familie |
