Stiftung: der, die or das?
dieStiftung
Foundation
Short answer: Stiftung takes the article die (die Stiftung). It’s a feminine noun (German: feminin) and means “foundation” in English.
Stiftung: word facts
- Article
- die
- Gender
- feminin (feminine)
- English
- Foundation
- Topic
- Culture and arts
- Yupo level
- Intermediate
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Why does Stiftung take die?
Nouns ending in -ung usually take die. In Yupo’s list, 227 of 227 such words take die (100%).
See the article rules →Stiftung in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | die Stiftung |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | die Stiftung |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | der Stiftung |
