Literaturwissenschaftlerin: der, die or das?
dieLiteraturwissenschaftlerin
Literary scholar
Short answer: Literaturwissenschaftlerin takes the article die (die Literaturwissenschaftlerin). It’s a feminine noun (German: feminin) and means “literary scholar” in English.
Literaturwissenschaftlerin: word facts
- Article
- die
- Gender
- feminin (feminine)
- English
- Literary scholar
- Topic
- Culture and arts
- Yupo level
- Advanced
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Why does Literaturwissenschaftlerin take die?
Nouns ending in -erin (female forms of people and jobs) usually take die. In Yupo’s list, 42 of 42 such words take die (100%).
See the article rules →Literaturwissenschaftlerin in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | die Literaturwissenschaftlerin |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | die Literaturwissenschaftlerin |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | der Literaturwissenschaftlerin |
