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