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