Beileid: der, die or das?
dasBeileid
Condolence
Short answer: Beileid takes the article das (das Beileid). It’s a neuter noun (German: neutral) and means “condolence” in English.
Beileid: word facts
- Article
- das
- Gender
- neutral (neuter)
- English
- Condolence
- Topic
- Relationships and community
- Yupo level
- Intermediate
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Why does Beileid take das?
No suffix rule covers Beileid, so learn it together with its article. In Yupo, das words are green. Picture Beileid as something green.
See the article rules →Beileid in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | das Beileid |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | das Beileid |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | dem Beileid |
