German Words with DIE
All nouns with the article «die» — 1.598 words
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die Words at a Glance
Over 1,200 German words take the article die. You can find them all below — alphabetically sorted, with meaning and declension. Endings reveal many die words instantly. Words ending in -ung, -heit, -keit, -schaft, -tät, or -ion almost always take die. These rules work in more than 90 percent of cases. They are the most reliable rules in German grammar. In the accusative case, die stays the same. In the dative and genitive, it changes to der. In the plural, every noun uses die — no matter its singular gender.
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Around 1,200 German words take the article die. These include female people like die Frau (woman), die Mutter (mother), and die Tochter (daughter). Many nouns with endings -ung, -heit, -keit, -schaft, -tät, -ion, and -e take die. Examples: die Zeitung (newspaper), die Freiheit (freedom), die Universität (university), and die Nation.
Six endings almost always lead to die: -ung (die Zeitung), -heit (die Freiheit), -keit (die Möglichkeit), -schaft (die Freundschaft), -tät (die Universität), and -ion (die Nation). These rules work in over 95 percent of cases. They count as the most reliable gender rules in German grammar.
The most frequent die words are: die Frau (woman), die Zeit (time), die Welt (world), die Hand (hand), die Arbeit (work), die Seite (side), die Frage (question), die Straße (street), die Stadt (city), die Familie (family), die Sprache (language), die Schule (school), and die Woche (week). These words belong to core German vocabulary.
German uses the same article for every plural noun: die. Whether the singular was der, die, or das, the plural always becomes die. Examples: der Mann (man) → die Männer (men), die Frau (woman) → die Frauen (women), das Kind (child) → die Kinder (children). This simple rule applies without exception.
die changes depending on the case. Nominative and accusative stay the same: die Frau kommt, ich sehe die Frau. Dative becomes der: ich helfe der Frau. Genitive also becomes der: das Auto der Frau. The pattern is die → die → der → der. This declension applies to all singular die nouns.