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Steilküste: der, die or das?

dieSteilküste

Cliff

feminin · feminineTravelLevel: Advanced

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

Steilküste: word facts

Article
die
Gender
feminin (feminine)
English
Cliff
Topic
Travel
Yupo level
Advanced

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Why does Steilküste take die?

Nouns ending in -e usually take die. In Yupo’s list, 583 of 607 such words take die (96%).

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Steilküste in the accusative and dative

Singular, with the definite article

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

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