Identität: der, die or das?
dieIdentität
Identity
Short answer: Identität takes the article die (die Identität). It’s a feminine noun (German: feminin) and means “identity” in English.
Identität: word facts
- Article
- die
- Gender
- feminin (feminine)
- English
- Identity
- Topic
- Relationships and community
- Yupo level
- Beginner
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Why does Identität take die?
Nouns ending in -tät usually take die. In Yupo’s list, 14 of 14 such words take die (100%).
See the article rules →Identität in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | die Identität |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | die Identität |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | der Identität |
