Sternschnuppe: der, die or das?
dieSternschnuppe
Shooting star
Short answer: Sternschnuppe takes the article die (die Sternschnuppe). It’s a feminine noun (German: feminin) and means “shooting star” in English.
Sternschnuppe: word facts
- Article
- die
- Gender
- feminin (feminine)
- English
- Shooting star
- Topic
- Nature and the outdoors
- Yupo level
- Advanced
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Why does Sternschnuppe take die?
Nouns ending in -e usually take die. In Yupo’s list, 583 of 607 such words take die (96%).
See the article rules →Sternschnuppe in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | die Sternschnuppe |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | die Sternschnuppe |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | der Sternschnuppe |
