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