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