Schutzfolie: der, die or das?
dieSchutzfolie
Screen protector
Short answer: Schutzfolie takes the article die (die Schutzfolie). It’s a feminine noun (German: feminin) and means “screen protector” in English.
Schutzfolie: word facts
- Article
- die
- Gender
- feminin (feminine)
- English
- Screen protector
- Topic
- Technology and media
- Yupo level
- Beginner
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Why does Schutzfolie take die?
Nouns ending in -ie usually take die. In Yupo’s list, 79 of 81 such words take die (97%).
See the article rules →Schutzfolie in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | die Schutzfolie |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | die Schutzfolie |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | der Schutzfolie |
