Minderheit: der, die or das?
dieMinderheit
Minority
Short answer: Minderheit takes the article die (die Minderheit). It’s a feminine noun (German: feminin) and means “minority” in English.
Minderheit: word facts
- Article
- die
- Gender
- feminin (feminine)
- English
- Minority
- Topic
- Relationships and community
- Yupo level
- Intermediate
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Why does Minderheit take die?
Nouns ending in -heit usually take die. In Yupo’s list, 17 of 17 such words take die (100%).
See the article rules →Minderheit in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | die Minderheit |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | die Minderheit |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | der Minderheit |
