What does Selbsthilfegruppe mean in English?

In English, die Selbsthilfegruppe means “support group”.

What are the accusative and dative forms of Selbsthilfegruppe?

Nominative: die Selbsthilfegruppe. Accusative: die Selbsthilfegruppe. Dative: der Selbsthilfegruppe.

Selbsthilfegruppe: der, die or das?

dieSelbsthilfegruppe

Support group

feminin · feminineBody and healthLevel: Intermediate

Short answer: Selbsthilfegruppe takes the article die (die Selbsthilfegruppe). It’s a feminine noun (German: feminin) and means “support group” in English.

Selbsthilfegruppe: word facts

Article: die
Gender: feminin (feminine)
English: Support group
Topic: Body and health
Yupo level: Intermediate

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Why does Selbsthilfegruppe take die?

Nouns ending in -e usually take die. In Yupo’s list, 816 of 863 such words take die (94%).

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Selbsthilfegruppe in the accusative and dative

Singular, with the definite article

Nominativsubject: who? what?	die Selbsthilfegruppe
Akkusativdirect object: whom? what?	die Selbsthilfegruppe
Dativindirect object: to whom?	der Selbsthilfegruppe