Kurzwelle: der, die or das?
dieKurzwelle
Shortwave
Short answer: Kurzwelle takes the article die (die Kurzwelle). It’s a feminine noun (German: feminin) and means “shortwave” in English.
Kurzwelle: word facts
- Article
- die
- Gender
- feminin (feminine)
- English
- Shortwave
- Topic
- Technology and media
- Yupo level
- Advanced
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Why does Kurzwelle take die?
Nouns ending in -e usually take die. In Yupo’s list, 816 of 863 such words take die (94%).
See the article rules →Kurzwelle in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | die Kurzwelle |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | die Kurzwelle |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | der Kurzwelle |
