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