Graphic Novel: der, die or das?
dieGraphic Novel
Graphic novel
Short answer: Graphic Novel takes the article die (die Graphic Novel). It’s a feminine noun (German: feminin) and means “graphic novel” in English.
Graphic Novel: word facts
- Article
- die
- Gender
- feminin (feminine)
- English
- Graphic novel
- Topic
- Culture and arts
- Yupo level
- Advanced
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Why does Graphic Novel take die?
No suffix rule covers Graphic Novel, so learn it together with its article. In Yupo, die words are red. Picture Graphic Novel as something red.
See the article rules →Remember it by color
In Yupo, die words are red. Picture Graphic Novel as something red.
Always say and write the word with its article: not “Graphic Novel” but “die Graphic Novel”.

