Short answer: WG takes the article die (die WG). It’s a feminine noun (German: feminin) and means “shared flat” in English.
WG: word facts
- Article
- die
- Gender
- feminin (feminine)
- English
- Shared flat
- Topic
- Home and daily life
- Yupo level
- Beginner
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Why does WG take die?
No suffix rule covers WG, so learn it together with its article. In Yupo, die words are red. Picture WG as something red.
See the article rules →Remember it by color
In Yupo, die words are red. Picture WG as something red.
Always say and write the word with its article: not “WG” but “die WG”.

