Hi-Fi-Anlage: der, die or das?
dieHi-Fi-Anlage
Hi-Fi system
Short answer: Hi-Fi-Anlage takes the article die (die Hi-Fi-Anlage). It’s a feminine noun (German: feminin) and means “Hi-Fi system” in English.
Hi-Fi-Anlage: word facts
- Article
- die
- Gender
- feminin (feminine)
- English
- Hi-Fi system
- Topic
- Home and daily life
- Yupo level
- Advanced
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Why does Hi-Fi-Anlage take die?
Nouns ending in -e usually take die. In Yupo’s list, 583 of 607 such words take die (96%).
See the article rules →Remember it by color
In Yupo, die words are red. Picture Hi-Fi-Anlage as something red.
Always say and write the word with its article: not “Hi-Fi-Anlage” but “die Hi-Fi-Anlage”.

