Fleischerei: der, die or das?
dieFleischerei
Butcher's shop
Short answer: Fleischerei takes the article die (die Fleischerei). It’s a feminine noun (German: feminin) and means “butcher's shop” in English.
Fleischerei: word facts
- Article
- die
- Gender
- feminin (feminine)
- English
- Butcher's shop
- Topic
- Shopping and money
- Yupo level
- Beginner
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Why does Fleischerei take die?
Nouns ending in -ei usually take die. In Yupo’s list, 15 of 16 such words take die (93%).
See the article rules →Fleischerei in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | die Fleischerei |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | die Fleischerei |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | der Fleischerei |
