Übernachtung: der, die or das?
dieÜbernachtung
Over-night-stay
Short answer: Übernachtung takes the article die (die Übernachtung). It’s a feminine noun (German: feminin) and means “over-night-stay” in English.
Übernachtung: word facts
- Article
- die
- Gender
- feminin (feminine)
- English
- Over-night-stay
- Topic
- Travel
- Yupo level
- Intermediate
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Why does Übernachtung take die?
Nouns ending in -ung usually take die. In Yupo’s list, 337 of 337 such words take die (100%).
See the article rules →Übernachtung in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | die Übernachtung |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | die Übernachtung |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | der Übernachtung |
