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