Gewitter: der, die or das?
dasGewitter
Thunderstorm
Short answer: Gewitter takes the article das (das Gewitter). It’s a neuter noun (German: neutral) and means “thunderstorm” in English.
Gewitter: word facts
- Article
- das
- Gender
- neutral (neuter)
- English
- Thunderstorm
- Topic
- Nature and the outdoors
- Yupo level
- Advanced
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Why does Gewitter take das?
Exception: most nouns ending in -er take der, but Gewitter takes das. Learn it together with its article.
See the article rules →Gewitter in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | das Gewitter |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | das Gewitter |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | dem Gewitter |
