Glasfaser: der, die or das?
dieGlasfaser
Optical fibre
Short answer: Glasfaser takes the article die (die Glasfaser). It’s a feminine noun (German: feminin) and means “optical fibre” in English.
Glasfaser: word facts
- Article
- die
- Gender
- feminin (feminine)
- English
- Optical fibre
- Topic
- Technology and media
- Yupo level
- Advanced
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Why does Glasfaser take die?
Exception: most nouns ending in -er take der, but Glasfaser takes die. Learn it together with its article.
See the article rules →Glasfaser in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | die Glasfaser |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | die Glasfaser |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | der Glasfaser |
