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Sprachkompetenz: der, die or das?

dieSprachkompetenz

Language competence

feminin · feminineCareer and learningLevel: Advanced

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

Sprachkompetenz: word facts

Article
die
Gender
feminin (feminine)
English
Language competence
Topic
Career and learning
Yupo level
Advanced

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Why does Sprachkompetenz take die?

Nouns ending in -enz usually take die. In Yupo’s list, 10 of 10 such words take die (100%).

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Sprachkompetenz in the accusative and dative

Singular, with the definite article

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

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