What does Zusammenfassung mean in English?

In English, die Zusammenfassung means “abstract”.

What are the accusative and dative forms of Zusammenfassung?

Nominative: die Zusammenfassung. Accusative: die Zusammenfassung. Dative: der Zusammenfassung.

Zusammenfassung: der, die or das?

dieZusammenfassung

Abstract

feminin · feminineCareer and learningLevel: Intermediate

Short answer: Zusammenfassung takes the article die (die Zusammenfassung). It’s a feminine noun (German: feminin) and means “abstract” in English.

Zusammenfassung: word facts

Article: die
Gender: feminin (feminine)
English: Abstract
Topic: Career and learning
Yupo level: Intermediate

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Why does Zusammenfassung take die?

Nouns ending in -ung usually take die. In Yupo’s list, 337 of 337 such words take die (100%).

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Zusammenfassung in the accusative and dative

Singular, with the definite article

Nominativsubject: who? what?	die Zusammenfassung
Akkusativdirect object: whom? what?	die Zusammenfassung
Dativindirect object: to whom?	der Zusammenfassung