Sympathie: der, die or das?
dieSympathie
Liking
Short answer: Sympathie takes the article die (die Sympathie). It’s a feminine noun (German: feminin) and means “liking” in English.
Sympathie: word facts
- Article
- die
- Gender
- feminin (feminine)
- English
- Liking
- Topic
- Relationships and community
- Yupo level
- Beginner
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Why does Sympathie take die?
Nouns ending in -ie usually take die. In Yupo’s list, 53 of 54 such words take die (98%).
See the article rules →Sympathie in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | die Sympathie |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | die Sympathie |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | der Sympathie |
