What does Pflegefamilie mean in English?

In English, die Pflegefamilie means “foster family”.

What are the accusative and dative forms of Pflegefamilie?

Nominative: die Pflegefamilie. Accusative: die Pflegefamilie. Dative: der Pflegefamilie.

Pflegefamilie: der, die or das?

diePflegefamilie

Foster family

feminin · feminineRelationships and communityLevel: Advanced

Short answer: Pflegefamilie takes the article die (die Pflegefamilie). It’s a feminine noun (German: feminin) and means “foster family” in English.

Pflegefamilie: word facts

Article: die
Gender: feminin (feminine)
English: Foster family
Topic: Relationships and community
Yupo level: Advanced

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Why does Pflegefamilie take die?

Nouns ending in -ie usually take die. In Yupo’s list, 53 of 54 such words take die (98%).

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Pflegefamilie in the accusative and dative

Singular, with the definite article

Nominativsubject: who? what?	die Pflegefamilie
Akkusativdirect object: whom? what?	die Pflegefamilie
Dativindirect object: to whom?	der Pflegefamilie

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