Bescherung: der, die or das?
dieBescherung
Gift-giving
Short answer: Bescherung takes the article die (die Bescherung). It’s a feminine noun (German: feminin) and means “gift-giving” in English.
Bescherung: word facts
- Article
- die
- Gender
- feminin (feminine)
- English
- Gift-giving
- Topic
- Relationships and community
- Yupo level
- Intermediate
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Why does Bescherung take die?
Nouns ending in -ung usually take die. In Yupo’s list, 337 of 337 such words take die (100%).
See the article rules →Bescherung in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | die Bescherung |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | die Bescherung |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | der Bescherung |
