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