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Plastik: der, die or das?

diePlastik

Sculpture

feminin · feminineCulture and artsLevel: Beginner

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

Plastik: word facts

Article
die
Gender
feminin (feminine)
English
Sculpture
Topic
Culture and arts
Yupo level
Beginner

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Why does Plastik take die?

Nouns ending in -ik usually take die. In Yupo’s list, 23 of 25 such words take die (92%).

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Plastik in the accusative and dative

Singular, with the definite article

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

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