Shortlist: der, die or das?
dieShortlist
Shortlist
Short answer: Shortlist takes the article die (die Shortlist). It’s a feminine noun (German: feminin) and means “shortlist” in English.
Shortlist: word facts
- Article
- die
- Gender
- feminin (feminine)
- English
- Shortlist
- Topic
- Culture and arts
- Yupo level
- Intermediate
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Why does Shortlist take die?
No suffix rule covers Shortlist, so learn it together with its article. In Yupo, die words are red. Picture Shortlist as something red.
See the article rules →Shortlist in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | die Shortlist |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | die Shortlist |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | der Shortlist |
