Short answer: Patientin takes the article die (die Patientin). It’s a feminine noun (German: feminin) and means “patient” in English.
Patientin: word facts
- Article
- die
- Gender
- feminin (feminine)
- English
- Patient
- Topic
- Body and health
- Yupo level
- Beginner
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Why does Patientin take die?
No suffix rule covers Patientin, so learn it together with its article. In Yupo, die words are red. Picture Patientin as something red.
See the article rules →Patientin in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | die Patientin |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | die Patientin |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | der Patientin |
