Why is it die Universalgrammatik?
Universalgrammatik is a compound noun, and German compounds take the article of their last word: die Grammatik. So it’s die Universalgrammatik.
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Meaning
Examples
[1] "Jackendoff, who is currently working on the Berlin Science College, supports Chomsky's paradigm from the universal grammar that is innate to all people"
[1] „Jackendoff, der zurzeit am Berliner Wissenschaftskolleg arbeitet, stützt daher Chomskys Paradigma von der Universalgrammatik, die allen Menschen angeboren ist.“
Declension
| 1 | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | die Universalgrammatik | — |
| Genitiv | der Universalgrammatik | — |
| Dativ | der Universalgrammatik | — |
| Akkusativ | die Universalgrammatik | — |
Pronunciation
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