Short answer: Fata Morgana takes the article die (die Fata Morgana). It’s a feminine noun (German: feminin) and means “mirage” in English.
Fata Morgana: word facts
- Article
- die
- Gender
- feminin (feminine)
- English
- Mirage
- Topic
- Travel
- Yupo level
- Advanced
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Why does Fata Morgana take die?
No suffix rule covers Fata Morgana, so learn it together with its article. In Yupo, die words are red. Picture Fata Morgana as something red.
See the article rules →Remember it by color
In Yupo, die words are red. Picture Fata Morgana as something red.
Always say and write the word with its article: not “Fata Morgana” but “die Fata Morgana”.

