Notfallübung: der, die or das?
dieNotfallübung
Emergency drill
Short answer: Notfallübung takes the article die (die Notfallübung). It’s a feminine noun (German: feminin) and means “emergency drill” in English.
Notfallübung: word facts
- Article
- die
- Gender
- feminin (feminine)
- English
- Emergency drill
- Topic
- Career and learning
- Yupo level
- Intermediate
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Why does Notfallübung take die?
Notfallübung is a compound noun. In compounds, the last part decides the article: die Übung → die Notfallübung.
See the article rules →Notfallübung in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | die Notfallübung |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | die Notfallübung |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | der Notfallübung |
More words ending in -übung
They all take die, because the last part decides the article.
