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