Schildkröte: der, die or das?
dieSchildkröte
Turtle
Short answer: Schildkröte takes the article die (die Schildkröte). It’s a feminine noun (German: feminin) and means “turtle” in English.
Schildkröte: word facts
- Article
- die
- Gender
- feminin (feminine)
- English
- Turtle
- Topic
- Nature and the outdoors
- Yupo level
- Advanced
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Why does Schildkröte 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 →Schildkröte in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | die Schildkröte |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | die Schildkröte |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | der Schildkröte |
