Raupe: der, die or das?
dieRaupe
Caterpillar
Short answer: Raupe takes the article die (die Raupe). It’s a feminine noun (German: feminin) and means “caterpillar” in English.
Raupe: word facts
- Article
- die
- Gender
- feminin (feminine)
- English
- Caterpillar
- Topic
- Nature and the outdoors
- Yupo level
- Intermediate
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Why does Raupe 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 →Raupe in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | die Raupe |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | die Raupe |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | der Raupe |
