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