Zwei-Faktor-Authentifizierung: der, die or das?
dieZwei-Faktor-Authentifizierung
Two-factor authentication
Short answer: Zwei-Faktor-Authentifizierung takes the article die (die Zwei-Faktor-Authentifizierung). It’s a feminine noun (German: feminin) and means “two-factor authentication” in English.
Zwei-Faktor-Authentifizierung: word facts
- Article
- die
- Gender
- feminin (feminine)
- English
- Two-factor authentication
- Topic
- Career and learning
- Yupo level
- Advanced
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Why does Zwei-Faktor-Authentifizierung take die?
Nouns ending in -ung usually take die. In Yupo’s list, 227 of 227 such words take die (100%).
See the article rules →Remember it by color
In Yupo, die words are red. Picture Zwei-Faktor-Authentifizierung as something red.
Always say and write the word with its article: not “Zwei-Faktor-Authentifizierung” but “die Zwei-Faktor-Authentifizierung”.
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