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