Short answer: Geburt takes the article die (die Geburt). It’s a feminine noun (German: feminin) and means “birth” in English.
Geburt: word facts
- Article
- die
- Gender
- feminin (feminine)
- English
- Birth
- Topic
- Relationships and community
- Yupo level
- Beginner
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Why does Geburt take die?
No suffix rule covers Geburt, so learn it together with its article. In Yupo, die words are red. Picture Geburt as something red.
See the article rules →Geburt in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | die Geburt |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | die Geburt |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | der Geburt |
