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