Telefonnummer: der, die or das?
dieTelefonnummer
Phone number
Short answer: Telefonnummer takes the article die (die Telefonnummer). It’s a feminine noun (German: feminin) and means “phone number” in English.
Telefonnummer: word facts
- Article
- die
- Gender
- feminin (feminine)
- English
- Phone number
- Topic
- Relationships and community
- Yupo level
- Intermediate
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Why does Telefonnummer take die?
Exception: most nouns ending in -er take der, but Telefonnummer takes die. Learn it together with its article.
See the article rules →Telefonnummer in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | die Telefonnummer |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | die Telefonnummer |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | der Telefonnummer |
