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Questions & Answers about Die Entscheidung ist endgültig.
Why is it Die Entscheidung and not Der or Das Entscheidung?
In German, every noun has a grammatical gender: masculine (der), feminine (die), or neuter (das).
- Entscheidung is grammatically feminine, so it always takes die in the nominative singular: die Entscheidung.
- You simply have to learn the gender of each noun. A dictionary will show it as something like die Entscheidung, -en.
In other cases the article changes, but the gender stays feminine:
- Nominative: die Entscheidung ist endgültig – the decision is final
- Accusative: Ich akzeptiere die Entscheidung – I accept the decision
- Dative: Mit der Entscheidung bin ich nicht einverstanden – I don’t agree with the decision
- Genitive: wegen der Entscheidung – because of the decision
Why is Entscheidung capitalized?
In German, all nouns are capitalized, no matter where they appear in the sentence.
- Entscheidung is a noun, so it must be written with a capital E: Entscheidung, not entscheidung.
This rule applies even if the noun is in the middle of the sentence:
- Ich respektiere deine Entscheidung.
- Diese Entscheidung ist schwierig.