Versöhnung: der, die or das?
dieVersöhnung
Reconciliation
Short answer: Versöhnung takes the article die (die Versöhnung). It’s a feminine noun (German: feminin) and means “reconciliation” in English.
Versöhnung: word facts
- Article
- die
- Gender
- feminin (feminine)
- English
- Reconciliation
- Topic
- Relationships and community
- Yupo level
- Intermediate
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Why does Versöhnung take die?
Nouns ending in -ung usually take die. In Yupo’s list, 227 of 227 such words take die (100%).
See the article rules →Versöhnung in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | die Versöhnung |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | die Versöhnung |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | der Versöhnung |
