Short answer: Mitternacht takes the article die (die Mitternacht). It’s a feminine noun (German: feminin) and means “midnight” in English.
Mitternacht: word facts
- Article
- die
- Gender
- feminin (feminine)
- English
- Midnight
- Topic
- Travel
- Yupo level
- Advanced
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Why does Mitternacht take die?
Mitternacht is a compound noun. In compounds, the last part decides the article: die Nacht → die Mitternacht.
See the article rules →Mitternacht in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | die Mitternacht |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | die Mitternacht |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | der Mitternacht |
More words ending in -nacht
They all take die, because the last part decides the article.
