Short answer: Angst takes the article die (die Angst). It’s a feminine noun (German: feminin) and means “anxiety” in English.
Angst: word facts
- Article
- die
- Gender
- feminin (feminine)
- English
- Anxiety
- Topic
- Body and health
- Yupo level
- Beginner
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Why does Angst take die?
No suffix rule covers Angst, so learn it together with its article. In Yupo, die words are red. Picture Angst as something red.
See the article rules →Angst in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | die Angst |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | die Angst |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | der Angst |
