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