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Ferse: der, die or das?

dieFerse

Heel

feminin · feminineBody and healthLevel: Intermediate

Short answer: Ferse takes the article die (die Ferse). It’s a feminine noun (German: feminin) and means “heel” in English.

Ferse: word facts

Article
die
Gender
feminin (feminine)
English
Heel
Topic
Body and health
Yupo level
Intermediate

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Why does Ferse take die?

Nouns ending in -e usually take die. In Yupo’s list, 816 of 863 such words take die (94%).

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Ferse in the accusative and dative

Singular, with the definite article

Nominativsubject: who? what?die Ferse
Akkusativdirect object: whom? what?die Ferse
Dativindirect object: to whom?der Ferse

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