Milchstraße: der, die or das?
dieMilchstraße
Milky Way
Short answer: Milchstraße takes the article die (die Milchstraße). It’s a feminine noun (German: feminin) and means “Milky Way” in English.
Milchstraße: word facts
- Article
- die
- Gender
- feminin (feminine)
- English
- Milky Way
- Topic
- Nature and the outdoors
- Yupo level
- Advanced
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Why does Milchstraße 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 →Milchstraße in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | die Milchstraße |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | die Milchstraße |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | der Milchstraße |
