Universität: der, die or das?
dieUniversität
University
Short answer: Universität takes the article die (die Universität). It’s a feminine noun (German: feminin) and means “university” in English.
Universität: word facts
- Article
- die
- Gender
- feminin (feminine)
- English
- University
- Topic
- Career and learning
- Yupo level
- Beginner
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Why does Universität take die?
Nouns ending in -tät usually take die. In Yupo’s list, 14 of 14 such words take die (100%).
See the article rules →Universität in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | die Universität |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | die Universität |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | der Universität |
