Gedenktafel: der, die or das?
dieGedenktafel
Commemorative plaque
Short answer: Gedenktafel takes the article die (die Gedenktafel). It’s a feminine noun (German: feminin) and means “commemorative plaque” in English.
Gedenktafel: word facts
- Article
- die
- Gender
- feminin (feminine)
- English
- Commemorative plaque
- Topic
- Culture and arts
- Yupo level
- Advanced
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Why does Gedenktafel take die?
No suffix rule covers Gedenktafel, so learn it together with its article. In Yupo, die words are red. Picture Gedenktafel as something red.
See the article rules →Gedenktafel in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | die Gedenktafel |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | die Gedenktafel |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | der Gedenktafel |

