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