Bekannte: der, die or das?
derBekannte
Acquaintance
Short answer: Bekannte takes the article der (der Bekannte). It’s a masculine noun (German: maskulin) and means “acquaintance” in English.
Bekannte: word facts
- Article
- der
- Gender
- maskulin (masculine)
- English
- Acquaintance
- Topic
- Relationships and community
- Yupo level
- Beginner
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Why does Bekannte take der?
Exception: most nouns ending in -e take die, but Bekannte takes der. Learn it together with its article.
See the article rules →Remember it by color
In Yupo, der words are blue. Picture Bekannte as something blue.
Always say and write the word with its article: not “Bekannte” but “der Bekannte”.
