Abschied: der, die or das?
derAbschied
Farewell
Short answer: Abschied takes the article der (der Abschied). It’s a masculine noun (German: maskulin) and means “farewell” in English.
Abschied: word facts
- Article
- der
- Gender
- maskulin (masculine)
- English
- Farewell
- Topic
- Relationships and community
- Yupo level
- Beginner
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Why does Abschied take der?
No suffix rule covers Abschied, so learn it together with its article. In Yupo, der words are blue. Picture Abschied as something blue.
See the article rules →Abschied in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | der Abschied |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | den Abschied |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | dem Abschied |

