Eifersucht: der, die or das?
dieEifersucht
Jealousy
Short answer: Eifersucht takes the article die (die Eifersucht). It’s a feminine noun (German: feminin) and means “jealousy” in English.
Eifersucht: word facts
- Article
- die
- Gender
- feminin (feminine)
- English
- Jealousy
- Topic
- Relationships and community
- Yupo level
- Intermediate
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Why does Eifersucht take die?
No suffix rule covers Eifersucht, so learn it together with its article. In Yupo, die words are red. Picture Eifersucht as something red.
See the article rules →Eifersucht in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | die Eifersucht |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | die Eifersucht |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | der Eifersucht |
