Short answer: Fichte takes the article die (die Fichte). It’s a feminine noun (German: feminin) and means “spruce” in English.
Fichte: word facts
- Article
- die
- Gender
- feminin (feminine)
- English
- Spruce
- Topic
- Nature and the outdoors
- Yupo level
- Intermediate
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Why does Fichte 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 →Fichte in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | die Fichte |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | die Fichte |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | der Fichte |
