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

