Netiquette: der, die or das?
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Netiquette
Short answer: Netiquette takes the article die (die Netiquette). It’s a feminine noun (German: feminin) and means “netiquette” in English.
Netiquette: word facts
- Article
- die
- Gender
- feminin (feminine)
- English
- Netiquette
- Topic
- Relationships and community
- Yupo level
- Intermediate
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Why does Netiquette take die?
Nouns ending in -ette usually take die. In Yupo’s list, 10 of 12 such words take die (83%).
See the article rules →Netiquette in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | die Netiquette |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | die Netiquette |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | der Netiquette |
