Reflexion: der, die or das?
dieReflexion
Reflection
Short answer: Reflexion takes the article die (die Reflexion). It’s a feminine noun (German: feminin) and means “reflection” in English.
Reflexion: word facts
- Article
- die
- Gender
- feminin (feminine)
- English
- Reflection
- Topic
- Career and learning
- Yupo level
- Beginner
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Why does Reflexion take die?
Nouns ending in -ion usually take die. In Yupo’s list, 67 of 67 such words take die (100%).
See the article rules →Reflexion in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | die Reflexion |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | die Reflexion |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | der Reflexion |
