Short answer: Philologie takes the article die (die Philologie). It’s a feminine noun (German: feminin) and means “philology” in English.
Philologie: word facts
- Article
- die
- Gender
- feminin (feminine)
- English
- Philology
- Topic
- Culture and arts
- Yupo level
- Advanced
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Why does Philologie take die?
Nouns ending in -ie usually take die. In Yupo’s list, 53 of 54 such words take die (98%).
See the article rules →Philologie in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | die Philologie |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | die Philologie |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | der Philologie |
