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