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