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