Provenienz: der, die or das?
dieProvenienz
Provenance
Short answer: Provenienz takes the article die (die Provenienz). It’s a feminine noun (German: feminin) and means “provenance” in English.
Provenienz: word facts
- Article
- die
- Gender
- feminin (feminine)
- English
- Provenance
- Topic
- Culture and arts
- Yupo level
- Advanced
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Why does Provenienz take die?
Nouns ending in -enz usually take die. In Yupo’s list, 10 of 10 such words take die (100%).
See the article rules →Provenienz in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | die Provenienz |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | die Provenienz |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | der Provenienz |
