Leertaste: der, die or das?
dieLeertaste
Space bar
Short answer: Leertaste takes the article die (die Leertaste). It’s a feminine noun (German: feminin) and means “space bar” in English.
Leertaste: word facts
- Article
- die
- Gender
- feminin (feminine)
- English
- Space bar
- Topic
- Technology and media
- Yupo level
- Beginner
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Why does Leertaste 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 →Leertaste in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | die Leertaste |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | die Leertaste |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | der Leertaste |
