Mund-Nasen-Bedeckung: der, die or das?
dieMund-Nasen-Bedeckung
Face covering
Short answer: Mund-Nasen-Bedeckung takes the article die (die Mund-Nasen-Bedeckung). It’s a feminine noun (German: feminin) and means “face covering” in English.
Mund-Nasen-Bedeckung: word facts
- Article
- die
- Gender
- feminin (feminine)
- English
- Face covering
- Topic
- Travel
- Yupo level
- Advanced
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Why does Mund-Nasen-Bedeckung take die?
Nouns ending in -ung usually take die. In Yupo’s list, 227 of 227 such words take die (100%).
See the article rules →Remember it by color
In Yupo, die words are red. Picture Mund-Nasen-Bedeckung as something red.
Always say and write the word with its article: not “Mund-Nasen-Bedeckung” but “die Mund-Nasen-Bedeckung”.
