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Kluft: der, die or das?

dieKluft

Chasm, gap

feminin · feminineNature and the outdoorsLevel: Beginner

Short answer: Kluft takes the article die (die Kluft). It’s a feminine noun (German: feminin) and means “chasm, gap” in English.

Kluft: word facts

Article
die
Gender
feminin (feminine)
English
Chasm, gap
Topic
Nature and the outdoors
Yupo level
Beginner

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Why does Kluft take die?

No suffix rule covers Kluft, so learn it together with its article. In Yupo, die words are red. Picture Kluft as something red.

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Kluft in the accusative and dative

Singular, with the definite article

Nominativsubject: who? what?die Kluft
Akkusativdirect object: whom? what?die Kluft
Dativindirect object: to whom?der Kluft

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