Short answer: Knistern takes the article das (das Knistern). It’s a neuter noun (German: neutral) and means “crackle” in English.
Knistern: word facts
- Article
- das
- Gender
- neutral (neuter)
- English
- Crackle
- Topic
- Nature and the outdoors
- Yupo level
- Advanced
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Why does Knistern take das?
No suffix rule covers Knistern, so learn it together with its article. In Yupo, das words are green. Picture Knistern as something green.
See the article rules →Knistern in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | das Knistern |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | das Knistern |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | dem Knistern |
