Steinzeit: der, die or das?
dieSteinzeit
Stone Age
Short answer: Steinzeit takes the article die (die Steinzeit). It’s a feminine noun (German: feminin) and means “Stone Age” in English.
Steinzeit: word facts
- Article
- die
- Gender
- feminin (feminine)
- English
- Stone Age
- Topic
- Culture and arts
- Yupo level
- Intermediate
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Why does Steinzeit take die?
No suffix rule covers Steinzeit, so learn it together with its article. In Yupo, die words are red. Picture Steinzeit as something red.
See the article rules →Steinzeit in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | die Steinzeit |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | die Steinzeit |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | der Steinzeit |
