Gallenblase: der, die or das?
dieGallenblase
Gall bladder
Short answer: Gallenblase takes the article die (die Gallenblase). It’s a feminine noun (German: feminin) and means “gall bladder” in English.
Gallenblase: word facts
- Article
- die
- Gender
- feminin (feminine)
- English
- Gall bladder
- Topic
- Body and health
- Yupo level
- Advanced
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Why does Gallenblase take die?
Nouns ending in -e usually take die. In Yupo’s list, 816 of 863 such words take die (94%).
See the article rules →Gallenblase in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | die Gallenblase |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | die Gallenblase |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | der Gallenblase |
