Short answer: Gymnastik takes the article die (die Gymnastik). It’s a feminine noun (German: feminin) and means “gymnastics” in English.
Gymnastik: word facts
- Article
- die
- Gender
- feminin (feminine)
- English
- Gymnastics
- Topic
- Body and health
- Yupo level
- Beginner
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Why does Gymnastik take die?
Nouns ending in -ik usually take die. In Yupo’s list, 31 of 33 such words take die (93%).
See the article rules →Gymnastik in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | die Gymnastik |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | die Gymnastik |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | der Gymnastik |
