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