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