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