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Sauna: der, die or das?

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Sauna

feminin · feminineTravelLevel: Beginner

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

Sauna: word facts

Article
die
Gender
feminin (feminine)
English
Sauna
Topic
Travel
Yupo level
Beginner

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Why does Sauna take die?

No suffix rule covers Sauna, so learn it together with its article. In Yupo, die words are red. Picture Sauna as something red.

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Sauna in the accusative and dative

Singular, with the definite article

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

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