Verschwörungstheorie: der, die or das?
dieVerschwörungstheorie
Conspiracy theory
Short answer: Verschwörungstheorie takes the article die (die Verschwörungstheorie). It’s a feminine noun (German: feminin) and means “conspiracy theory” in English.
Verschwörungstheorie: word facts
- Article
- die
- Gender
- feminin (feminine)
- English
- Conspiracy theory
- Topic
- Technology and media
- Yupo level
- Advanced
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Why does Verschwörungstheorie take die?
Nouns ending in -ie usually take die. In Yupo’s list, 79 of 81 such words take die (97%).
See the article rules →Verschwörungstheorie in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | die Verschwörungstheorie |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | die Verschwörungstheorie |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | der Verschwörungstheorie |
