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