What does Literaturkritik mean in English?

In English, die Literaturkritik means “literary criticism”.

What are the accusative and dative forms of Literaturkritik?

Nominative: die Literaturkritik. Accusative: die Literaturkritik. Dative: der Literaturkritik.

Literaturkritik: der, die or das?

dieLiteraturkritik

Literary criticism

feminin · feminineCulture and artsLevel: Advanced

Short answer: Literaturkritik takes the article die (die Literaturkritik). It’s a feminine noun (German: feminin) and means “literary criticism” in English.

Literaturkritik: word facts

Article: die
Gender: feminin (feminine)
English: Literary criticism
Topic: Culture and arts
Yupo level: Advanced

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Why does Literaturkritik take die?

Nouns ending in -ik usually take die. In Yupo’s list, 23 of 25 such words take die (92%).

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Literaturkritik in the accusative and dative

Singular, with the definite article

Nominativsubject: who? what?	die Literaturkritik
Akkusativdirect object: whom? what?	die Literaturkritik
Dativindirect object: to whom?	der Literaturkritik