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Innovation: der, die or das?

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Innovation

feminin · feminineCareer and learningLevel: Intermediate

Short answer: Innovation takes the article die (die Innovation). It’s a feminine noun (German: feminin) and means “innovation” in English.

Innovation: word facts

Article
die
Gender
feminin (feminine)
English
Innovation
Topic
Career and learning
Yupo level
Intermediate

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Why does Innovation take die?

Nouns ending in -ion usually take die. In Yupo’s list, 67 of 67 such words take die (100%).

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Innovation in the accusative and dative

Singular, with the definite article

Nominativsubject: who? what?die Innovation
Akkusativdirect object: whom? what?die Innovation
Dativindirect object: to whom?der Innovation

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