Illustration: der, die or das?
dieIllustration
Illustration
Short answer: Illustration takes the article die (die Illustration). It’s a feminine noun (German: feminin) and means “illustration” in English.
Illustration: word facts
- Article
- die
- Gender
- feminin (feminine)
- English
- Illustration
- Topic
- Culture and arts
- Yupo level
- Advanced
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Why does Illustration take die?
Nouns ending in -ion usually take die. In Yupo’s list, 67 of 67 such words take die (100%).
See the article rules →Illustration in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | die Illustration |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | die Illustration |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | der Illustration |
