Frühgeburt: der, die or das?
dieFrühgeburt
Premature birth
Short answer: Frühgeburt takes the article die (die Frühgeburt). It’s a feminine noun (German: feminin) and means “premature birth” in English.
Frühgeburt: word facts
- Article
- die
- Gender
- feminin (feminine)
- English
- Premature birth
- Topic
- Body and health
- Yupo level
- Advanced
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Why does Frühgeburt take die?
Frühgeburt is a compound noun. In compounds, the last part decides the article: die Geburt → die Frühgeburt.
See the article rules →Frühgeburt in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | die Frühgeburt |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | die Frühgeburt |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | der Frühgeburt |
More words ending in -geburt
They all take die, because the last part decides the article.
