Short answer: SIM-Karte takes the article die (die SIM-Karte). It’s a feminine noun (German: feminin) and means “SIM card” in English.
SIM-Karte: word facts
- Article
- die
- Gender
- feminin (feminine)
- English
- SIM card
- Topic
- Travel
- Yupo level
- Advanced
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Why does SIM-Karte 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 →Remember it by color
In Yupo, die words are red. Picture SIM-Karte as something red.
Always say and write the word with its article: not “SIM-Karte” but “die SIM-Karte”.
