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title: "Investition: der, die or das? It’s die Investition | Yupo"
description: "Short answer: die Investition, “investment”. Accusative: die Investition; dative: der Investition. Learn why it takes die and test yourself with a mini quiz."
url: https://yupolearn.com/en/word/investition/
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# Investition: der, die or das?

die Investition

Investment

feminin · feminine [Shopping and money](https://yupolearn.com/en/topics/shopping-money/) Level: Intermediate

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

## Investition: word facts

- **Article**: die
- **Gender**: feminin (feminine)
- **English**: Investment
- **Topic**: Shopping and money
- **Yupo level**: Intermediate

## Check a dictionary

You can also check the article in independent German dictionaries:

- [Investition in Duden →](https://www.duden.de/suchen/dudenonline/Investition)
- [Investition in DWDS →](https://www.dwds.de/wb/Investition)

Last updated: October 24, 2026 · [Method](https://yupolearn.com/en/about/#method)

## Why does Investition 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 →](https://yupolearn.com/en/german-article-rules/#suffix-ion)

## Investition in the accusative and dative

Singular, with the definite article

| Nominativ subject: who? what? | die Investition |
| --- | --- |
| Akkusativ direct object: whom? what? | die Investition |
| Dativ indirect object: to whom? | der Investition |

## More words ending in -ion

[die Kooperation](https://yupolearn.com/en/word/kooperation/) [die Pension](https://yupolearn.com/en/word/pension/) [die Immatrikulation](https://yupolearn.com/en/word/immatrikulation/) [die Installation](https://yupolearn.com/en/word/installation/) [die Abstraktion](https://yupolearn.com/en/word/abstraktion/) [die Simulation](https://yupolearn.com/en/word/simulation/) [die Projektion](https://yupolearn.com/en/word/projektion/) [die Spekulation](https://yupolearn.com/en/word/spekulation/)

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