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

