Öffentlichkeit: der, die or das?
dieÖffentlichkeit
Public
Short answer: Öffentlichkeit takes the article die (die Öffentlichkeit). It’s a feminine noun (German: feminin) and means “public” in English.
Öffentlichkeit: word facts
- Article
- die
- Gender
- feminin (feminine)
- English
- Public
- Topic
- Relationships and community
- Yupo level
- Advanced
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Why does Öffentlichkeit take die?
Nouns ending in -keit usually take die. In Yupo’s list, 34 of 34 such words take die (100%).
See the article rules →Öffentlichkeit in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | die Öffentlichkeit |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | die Öffentlichkeit |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | der Öffentlichkeit |
