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.
See the article rules →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 |

