Intensivstation: der, die or das?
dieIntensivstation
Intensive care unit
Short answer: Intensivstation takes the article die (die Intensivstation). It’s a feminine noun (German: feminin) and means “intensive care unit” in English.
Intensivstation: word facts
- Article
- die
- Gender
- feminin (feminine)
- English
- Intensive care unit
- Topic
- Body and health
- Yupo level
- Advanced
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Why does Intensivstation take die?
Nouns ending in -ion usually take die. In Yupo’s list, 86 of 86 such words take die (100%).
See the article rules →Intensivstation in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | die Intensivstation |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | die Intensivstation |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | der Intensivstation |
