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Der, die or das Fotografie?

die Fotografie

Gender
feminine
English
photography
Plural
die Fotografien

Why is it die Fotografie?

German nouns ending in -ie are almost always feminine, so it is die Fotografie. The same pattern gives you die Familie, die Linie, die Theorie.

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Fotografie in the four cases

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

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

Fotografie 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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