Standing Ovation: der, die or das?
dieStanding Ovation
Standing ovation
Short answer: Standing Ovation takes the article die (die Standing Ovation). It’s a feminine noun (German: feminin) and means “standing ovation” in English.
Standing Ovation: word facts
- Article
- die
- Gender
- feminin (feminine)
- English
- Standing ovation
- Topic
- Culture and arts
- Yupo level
- Advanced
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Why does Standing Ovation take die?
Nouns ending in -ion usually take die. In Yupo’s list, 67 of 67 such words take die (100%).
See the article rules →Remember it by color
In Yupo, die words are red. Picture Standing Ovation as something red.
Always say and write the word with its article: not “Standing Ovation” but “die Standing Ovation”.
