Singular
Visitenkarte
business card
Why does the noun Visitenkarte have the article die?
About 90% of nouns ending in -e are feminine.
Examples
die Lampe (lamp), die Schule (school), die Tasche (bag), die Klasse (class), die Straße (street), die Sonne (sun), die Blume (flower)
Exceptions
der Junge (boy), der Löwe (lion), der Affe (monkey), der Name (name), der Käse (cheese), das Ende (end), das Auge (eye)
Declension table for German noun Visitenkarte
How it changes across the four cases.
| Case | Definite | Indefinite | Negative |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | die Visitenkarte | eine Visitenkarte | — |
| Akkusativ | die Visitenkarte | eine Visitenkarte | — |
| Dativ | der Visitenkarte | einer Visitenkarte | — |
| Genitiv | der Visitenkarte | einer Visitenkarte | — |
| Nominativ | die Visitenkarten | — Visitenkarten | — |
| Akkusativ | die Visitenkarten | — Visitenkarten | — |
| Dativ | den Visitenkarten | — Visitenkarten | — |
| Genitiv | der Visitenkarten | — Visitenkarten | — |
Examples in context
Real sentences using Visitenkarte in different cases.
| Case | Definite | Indefinite | Negative |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | — | ||
| Akkusativ | — | ||
| Dativ | — | ||
| Genitiv | — | ||
| Nominativ | — | ||
| Akkusativ | — | ||
| Dativ | — | ||
| Genitiv | — |
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Frequently asked questions
Everything you might wonder about der, die, das — and the Der Artikel app.
Is it der, die, or das Visitenkarte?
What is the plural of die Visitenkarte?
What does die Visitenkarte mean in English?
How do you decline die Visitenkarte?
- Nominativ: die Visitenkarte
- Akkusativ: die Visitenkarte
- Dativ: der Visitenkarte
- Genitiv: der Visitenkarte
These changes are necessary because German uses cases to indicate the noun’s role in a sentence (such as the subject or object). Knowing these forms allows you to build grammatically correct sentences.