Short answer: Erkältung takes the article die (die Erkältung). It’s a feminine noun (German: feminin) and means “cold” in English.
Erkältung: word facts
- Article
- die
- Gender
- feminin (feminine)
- English
- Cold
- Topic
- Body and health
- Yupo level
- Beginner
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Why does Erkältung take die?
Nouns ending in -ung usually take die. In Yupo’s list, 337 of 337 such words take die (100%).
See the article rules →Erkältung in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | die Erkältung |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | die Erkältung |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | der Erkältung |
