Short answer: Lizenz takes the article die (die Lizenz). It’s a feminine noun (German: feminin) and means “licence” in English.
Lizenz: word facts
- Article
- die
- Gender
- feminin (feminine)
- English
- Licence
- Topic
- Technology and media
- Yupo level
- Intermediate
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Why does Lizenz take die?
Nouns ending in -enz usually take die. In Yupo’s list, 16 of 16 such words take die (100%).
See the article rules →Lizenz in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | die Lizenz |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | die Lizenz |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | der Lizenz |
