Advent: der, die or das?
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Short answer: Advent takes the article der (der Advent). It’s a masculine noun (German: maskulin) and means “Advent” in English.
Advent: word facts
- Article
- der
- Gender
- maskulin (masculine)
- English
- Advent
- Topic
- Relationships and community
- Yupo level
- Intermediate
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Why does Advent take der?
No suffix rule covers Advent, so learn it together with its article. In Yupo, der words are blue. Picture Advent as something blue.
See the article rules →Remember it by color
In Yupo, der words are blue. Picture Advent as something blue.
Always say and write the word with its article: not “Advent” but “der Advent”.
