Short answer: Krankheit takes the article die (die Krankheit). It’s a feminine noun (German: feminin) and means “illness” in English.
Krankheit: word facts
- Article
- die
- Gender
- feminin (feminine)
- English
- Illness
- Topic
- Body and health
- Yupo level
- Beginner
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Why does Krankheit take die?
Nouns ending in -heit usually take die. In Yupo’s list, 22 of 22 such words take die (100%).
See the article rules →Krankheit in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | die Krankheit |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | die Krankheit |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | der Krankheit |
