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