Short answer: Legende takes the article die (die Legende). It’s a feminine noun (German: feminin) and means “legend” in English.
Legende: word facts
- Article
- die
- Gender
- feminin (feminine)
- English
- Legend
- Topic
- Culture and arts
- Yupo level
- Beginner
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Why does Legende take die?
Nouns ending in -e usually take die. In Yupo’s list, 583 of 607 such words take die (96%).
See the article rules →Legende in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | die Legende |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | die Legende |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | der Legende |
