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