Short answer: Leiter takes the article die (die Leiter). It’s a feminine noun (German: feminin) and means “ladder” in English.
Leiter: word facts
- Article
- die
- Gender
- feminin (feminine)
- English
- Ladder
- Topic
- Home and daily life
- Yupo level
- Beginner
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Why does Leiter take die?
Exception: most nouns ending in -er take der, but Leiter takes die. Learn it together with its article.
See the article rules →Leiter in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | die Leiter |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | die Leiter |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | der Leiter |
