Begrüßung: der, die or das?
dieBegrüßung
Greeting
Short answer: Begrüßung takes the article die (die Begrüßung). It’s a feminine noun (German: feminin) and means “greeting” in English.
Begrüßung: word facts
- Article
- die
- Gender
- feminin (feminine)
- English
- Greeting
- Topic
- Relationships and community
- Yupo level
- Beginner
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Why does Begrüßung take die?
Nouns ending in -ung usually take die. In Yupo’s list, 227 of 227 such words take die (100%).
See the article rules →Begrüßung in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | die Begrüßung |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | die Begrüßung |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | der Begrüßung |
