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title: "Dankbarkeit: der, die or das? It’s die Dankbarkeit | Yupo"
description: "Short answer: die Dankbarkeit, “gratitude”. Accusative: die Dankbarkeit; dative: der Dankbarkeit. Learn why it takes die and test yourself with a mini quiz."
url: https://yupolearn.com/en/word/dankbarkeit/
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# Dankbarkeit: der, die or das?

die Dankbarkeit

Gratitude

feminin · feminine [Relationships and community](https://yupolearn.com/en/topics/relationships-community/) Level: Intermediate

**Short answer:** Dankbarkeit takes the article die (die Dankbarkeit). It’s a feminine noun (German: feminin) and means “gratitude” in English.

## Dankbarkeit: word facts

- **Article**: die
- **Gender**: feminin (feminine)
- **English**: Gratitude
- **Topic**: Relationships and community
- **Yupo level**: Intermediate

## Check a dictionary

You can also check the article in independent German dictionaries:

- [Dankbarkeit in Duden →](https://www.duden.de/suchen/dudenonline/Dankbarkeit)
- [Dankbarkeit in DWDS →](https://www.dwds.de/wb/Dankbarkeit)

Last updated: October 24, 2026 · [Method](https://yupolearn.com/en/about/#method)

## Why does Dankbarkeit take die?

Nouns ending in -keit usually take die. In Yupo’s list, 34 of 34 such words take die (100%).

[See the article rules →](https://yupolearn.com/en/german-article-rules/#suffix-keit)

## Dankbarkeit in the accusative and dative

Singular, with the definite article

| Nominativ subject: who? what? | die Dankbarkeit |
| --- | --- |
| Akkusativ direct object: whom? what? | die Dankbarkeit |
| Dativ indirect object: to whom? | der Dankbarkeit |

## More words ending in -keit

[die Geschwindigkeit](https://yupolearn.com/en/word/geschwindigkeit/) [die Luftfeuchtigkeit](https://yupolearn.com/en/word/luftfeuchtigkeit/) [die Teamfähigkeit](https://yupolearn.com/en/word/teamfaehigkeit/) [die Fähigkeit](https://yupolearn.com/en/word/faehigkeit/) [die Achtsamkeit](https://yupolearn.com/en/word/achtsamkeit/) [die Großzügigkeit](https://yupolearn.com/en/word/grosszuegigkeit/) [die Schwesterlichkeit](https://yupolearn.com/en/word/schwesterlichkeit/) [die Bremsflüssigkeit](https://yupolearn.com/en/word/bremsfluessigkeit/)

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