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