Short answer: Pupille takes the article die (die Pupille). It’s a feminine noun (German: feminin) and means “pupil” in English.
Pupille: word facts
- Article
- die
- Gender
- feminin (feminine)
- English
- Pupil
- Topic
- Body and health
- Yupo level
- Intermediate
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Why does Pupille take die?
Nouns ending in -e usually take die. In Yupo’s list, 816 of 863 such words take die (94%).
See the article rules →Pupille in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | die Pupille |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | die Pupille |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | der Pupille |
