Schattenpuppe: der, die or das?
dieSchattenpuppe
Shadow puppet
Short answer: Schattenpuppe takes the article die (die Schattenpuppe). It’s a feminine noun (German: feminin) and means “shadow puppet” in English.
Schattenpuppe: word facts
- Article
- die
- Gender
- feminin (feminine)
- English
- Shadow puppet
- Topic
- Culture and arts
- Yupo level
- Advanced
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Why does Schattenpuppe take die?
Nouns ending in -e usually take die. In Yupo’s list, 583 of 607 such words take die (96%).
See the article rules →Schattenpuppe in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | die Schattenpuppe |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | die Schattenpuppe |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | der Schattenpuppe |
