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