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