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Der, die or das Auskunft?

die Auskunft

Gender
feminine
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Plural
die Auskünfte

Why is it die Auskunft?

No ending or meaning rule gives away the gender of Auskunft. Like many everyday German nouns, it has to be learned together with its article: die Auskunft.

For the endings that do predict gender, see the Der-Die-Das rules guide.

Example sentences

Auskunft in the four cases

The article changes with the case. The highlighted column shows the forms to use with Auskunft: definite article first, then the indefinite article.

MasculineFeminineNeuterPlural
Nominativeder / eindie / einedas / eindie
Accusativeden / einendie / einedas / eindie
Dativedem / einemder / einerdem / einemden
Genitivedes / einesder / einerdes / einesder

Auskunft is one of about 1,700 common nouns in the free Der-Die-Das trainer. Short daily rounds with spaced repetition make the article stick.

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