Short answer: Rubrik takes the article die (die Rubrik). It’s a feminine noun (German: feminin) and means “section” in English.
Rubrik: word facts
- Article
- die
- Gender
- feminin (feminine)
- English
- Section
- Topic
- Technology and media
- Yupo level
- Advanced
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Why does Rubrik take die?
Nouns ending in -ik usually take die. In Yupo’s list, 31 of 33 such words take die (93%).
See the article rules →Rubrik in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | die Rubrik |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | die Rubrik |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | der Rubrik |
