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