Wissensdatenbank: der, die or das?
dieWissensdatenbank
Knowledge base
Short answer: Wissensdatenbank takes the article die (die Wissensdatenbank). It’s a feminine noun (German: feminin) and means “knowledge base” in English.
Wissensdatenbank: word facts
- Article
- die
- Gender
- feminin (feminine)
- English
- Knowledge base
- Topic
- Career and learning
- Yupo level
- Advanced
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Why does Wissensdatenbank take die?
Wissensdatenbank is a compound noun. In compounds, the last part decides the article: die Datenbank → die Wissensdatenbank.
See the article rules →Wissensdatenbank in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | die Wissensdatenbank |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | die Wissensdatenbank |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | der Wissensdatenbank |
More words ending in -datenbank
They all take die, because the last part decides the article.
