Richtlinie: der, die or das?
dieRichtlinie
Guideline
Short answer: Richtlinie takes the article die (die Richtlinie). It’s a feminine noun (German: feminin) and means “guideline” in English.
Richtlinie: word facts
- Article
- die
- Gender
- feminin (feminine)
- English
- Guideline
- Topic
- Career and learning
- Yupo level
- Intermediate
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Why does Richtlinie take die?
Nouns ending in -ie usually take die. In Yupo’s list, 53 of 54 such words take die (98%).
See the article rules →Richtlinie in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | die Richtlinie |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | die Richtlinie |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | der Richtlinie |
