Short answer: Matinee takes the article die (die Matinee). It’s a feminine noun (German: feminin) and means “matinee” in English.
Matinee: word facts
- Article
- die
- Gender
- feminin (feminine)
- English
- Matinee
- Topic
- Culture and arts
- Yupo level
- Beginner
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Why does Matinee take die?
No suffix rule covers Matinee, so learn it together with its article. In Yupo, die words are red. Picture Matinee as something red.
See the article rules →Matinee in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | die Matinee |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | die Matinee |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | der Matinee |
