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