Inkubationszeit: der, die or das?
dieInkubationszeit
Incubation period
Short answer: Inkubationszeit takes the article die (die Inkubationszeit). It’s a feminine noun (German: feminin) and means “incubation period” in English.
Inkubationszeit: word facts
- Article
- die
- Gender
- feminin (feminine)
- English
- Incubation period
- Topic
- Body and health
- Yupo level
- Advanced
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Why does Inkubationszeit take die?
No suffix rule covers Inkubationszeit, so learn it together with its article. In Yupo, die words are red. Picture Inkubationszeit as something red.
See the article rules →Inkubationszeit in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | die Inkubationszeit |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | die Inkubationszeit |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | der Inkubationszeit |
