Witwe: der, die or das?
dieWitwe
Widow
Short answer: Witwe takes the article die (die Witwe). It’s a feminine noun (German: feminin) and means “widow” in English.
Witwe: word facts
- Article
- die
- Gender
- feminin (feminine)
- English
- Widow
- Topic
- Relationships and community
- Yupo level
- Intermediate
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Why does Witwe take die?
Nouns ending in -e usually take die. In Yupo’s list, 816 of 863 such words take die (94%).
See the article rules →Witwe in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | die Witwe |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | die Witwe |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | der Witwe |
