Siedlung: der, die or das?
dieSiedlung
Settlement
Short answer: Siedlung takes the article die (die Siedlung). It’s a feminine noun (German: feminin) and means “settlement” in English.
Siedlung: word facts
- Article
- die
- Gender
- feminin (feminine)
- English
- Settlement
- Topic
- Relationships and community
- Yupo level
- Beginner
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Why does Siedlung take die?
Nouns ending in -ung usually take die. In Yupo’s list, 227 of 227 such words take die (100%).
See the article rules →Siedlung in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | die Siedlung |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | die Siedlung |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | der Siedlung |
