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