Burnout-Gefahr: der, die or das?
dieBurnout-Gefahr
Risk of burnout
Short answer: Burnout-Gefahr takes the article die (die Burnout-Gefahr). It’s a feminine noun (German: feminin) and means “risk of burnout” in English.
Burnout-Gefahr: word facts
- Article
- die
- Gender
- feminin (feminine)
- English
- Risk of burnout
- Topic
- Career and learning
- Yupo level
- Advanced
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Why does Burnout-Gefahr take die?
No suffix rule covers Burnout-Gefahr, so learn it together with its article. In Yupo, die words are red. Picture Burnout-Gefahr as something red.
See the article rules →Remember it by color
In Yupo, die words are red. Picture Burnout-Gefahr as something red.
Always say and write the word with its article: not “Burnout-Gefahr” but “die Burnout-Gefahr”.

