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