What does Naturkatastrophe mean in English?

In English, die Naturkatastrophe means “natural disaster”.

What are the accusative and dative forms of Naturkatastrophe?

Nominative: die Naturkatastrophe. Accusative: die Naturkatastrophe. Dative: der Naturkatastrophe.

Naturkatastrophe: der, die or das?

dieNaturkatastrophe

Natural disaster

feminin · feminineNature and the outdoorsLevel: Intermediate

Short answer: Naturkatastrophe takes the article die (die Naturkatastrophe). It’s a feminine noun (German: feminin) and means “natural disaster” in English.

Naturkatastrophe: word facts

Article: die
Gender: feminin (feminine)
English: Natural disaster
Topic: Nature and the outdoors
Yupo level: Intermediate

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Why does Naturkatastrophe take die?

Nouns ending in -e usually take die. In Yupo’s list, 816 of 863 such words take die (94%).

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Naturkatastrophe in the accusative and dative

Singular, with the definite article

Nominativsubject: who? what?	die Naturkatastrophe
Akkusativdirect object: whom? what?	die Naturkatastrophe
Dativindirect object: to whom?	der Naturkatastrophe