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