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