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