Regierung: der, die or das?
dieRegierung
Government
Short answer: Regierung takes the article die (die Regierung). It’s a feminine noun (German: feminin) and means “government” in English.
Regierung: word facts
- Article
- die
- Gender
- feminin (feminine)
- English
- Government
- Topic
- Relationships and community
- Yupo level
- Intermediate
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Why does Regierung take die?
Nouns ending in -ung usually take die. In Yupo’s list, 337 of 337 such words take die (100%).
See the article rules →Regierung in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | die Regierung |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | die Regierung |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | der Regierung |
