Großzügigkeit: der, die or das?
dieGroßzügigkeit
Generosity
Short answer: Großzügigkeit takes the article die (die Großzügigkeit). It’s a feminine noun (German: feminin) and means “generosity” in English.
Großzügigkeit: word facts
- Article
- die
- Gender
- feminin (feminine)
- English
- Generosity
- Topic
- Relationships and community
- Yupo level
- Advanced
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Why does Großzügigkeit take die?
Nouns ending in -keit usually take die. In Yupo’s list, 23 of 23 such words take die (100%).
See the article rules →Großzügigkeit in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | die Großzügigkeit |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | die Großzügigkeit |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | der Großzügigkeit |
