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