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