Statistik: der, die or das?
dieStatistik
Statistics
Short answer: Statistik takes the article die (die Statistik). It’s a feminine noun (German: feminin) and means “statistics” in English.
Statistik: word facts
- Article
- die
- Gender
- feminin (feminine)
- English
- Statistics
- Topic
- Career and learning
- Yupo level
- Beginner
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Why does Statistik take die?
Nouns ending in -ik usually take die. In Yupo’s list, 23 of 25 such words take die (92%).
See the article rules →Statistik in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | die Statistik |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | die Statistik |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | der Statistik |
