Short answer: Klausur takes the article die (die Klausur). It’s a feminine noun (German: feminin) and means “exam” in English.
Klausur: word facts
- Article
- die
- Gender
- feminin (feminine)
- English
- Exam
- Topic
- Career and learning
- Yupo level
- Beginner
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Why does Klausur take die?
Nouns ending in -ur usually take die. In Yupo’s list, 16 of 16 such words take die (100%).
See the article rules →Klausur in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | die Klausur |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | die Klausur |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | der Klausur |

