Geschwindigkeit: der, die or das?
dieGeschwindigkeit
Pace
Short answer: Geschwindigkeit takes the article die (die Geschwindigkeit). It’s a feminine noun (German: feminin) and means “pace” in English.
Geschwindigkeit: word facts
- Article
- die
- Gender
- feminin (feminine)
- English
- Pace
- Topic
- City and transport
- Yupo level
- Beginner
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Why does Geschwindigkeit take die?
Nouns ending in -keit usually take die. In Yupo’s list, 34 of 34 such words take die (100%).
See the article rules →Geschwindigkeit in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | die Geschwindigkeit |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | die Geschwindigkeit |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | der Geschwindigkeit |
