Grenzkontrolle: der, die or das?
dieGrenzkontrolle
Border control
Short answer: Grenzkontrolle takes the article die (die Grenzkontrolle). It’s a feminine noun (German: feminin) and means “border control” in English.
Grenzkontrolle: word facts
- Article
- die
- Gender
- feminin (feminine)
- English
- Border control
- Topic
- Travel
- Yupo level
- Intermediate
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Why does Grenzkontrolle 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 →Grenzkontrolle in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | die Grenzkontrolle |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | die Grenzkontrolle |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | der Grenzkontrolle |
