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