Menschenliebe: der, die or das?
dieMenschenliebe
Love of humanity
Short answer: Menschenliebe takes the article die (die Menschenliebe). It’s a feminine noun (German: feminin) and means “love of humanity” in English.
Menschenliebe: word facts
- Article
- die
- Gender
- feminin (feminine)
- English
- Love of humanity
- Topic
- Relationships and community
- Yupo level
- Advanced
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Why does Menschenliebe take die?
Nouns ending in -e usually take die. In Yupo’s list, 583 of 607 such words take die (96%).
See the article rules →Menschenliebe in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | die Menschenliebe |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | die Menschenliebe |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | der Menschenliebe |
