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