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