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