Short answer: Symbolik takes the article die (die Symbolik). It’s a feminine noun (German: feminin) and means “symbolism” in English.
Symbolik: word facts
- Article
- die
- Gender
- feminin (feminine)
- English
- Symbolism
- Topic
- Culture and arts
- Yupo level
- Intermediate
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Why does Symbolik 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 →Symbolik in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | die Symbolik |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | die Symbolik |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | der Symbolik |
