Nachweis: der, die or das?
derNachweis
Proof
Short answer: Nachweis takes the article der (der Nachweis). It’s a masculine noun (German: maskulin) and means “proof” in English.
Nachweis: word facts
- Article
- der
- Gender
- maskulin (masculine)
- English
- Proof
- Topic
- Career and learning
- Yupo level
- Intermediate
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Why does Nachweis take der?
No suffix rule covers Nachweis, so learn it together with its article. In Yupo, der words are blue. Picture Nachweis as something blue.
See the article rules →Nachweis in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | der Nachweis |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | den Nachweis |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | dem Nachweis |

