What does Wiedersehensfreude mean in English?

In English, die Wiedersehensfreude means “joy of reunion”.

What are the accusative and dative forms of Wiedersehensfreude?

Nominative: die Wiedersehensfreude. Accusative: die Wiedersehensfreude. Dative: der Wiedersehensfreude.

Wiedersehensfreude: der, die or das?

dieWiedersehensfreude

Joy of reunion

feminin · feminineRelationships and communityLevel: Advanced

Short answer: Wiedersehensfreude takes the article die (die Wiedersehensfreude). It’s a feminine noun (German: feminin) and means “joy of reunion” in English.

Wiedersehensfreude: word facts

Article: die
Gender: feminin (feminine)
English: Joy of reunion
Topic: Relationships and community
Yupo level: Advanced

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Why does Wiedersehensfreude take die?

Nouns ending in -e usually take die. In Yupo’s list, 583 of 607 such words take die (96%).

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Wiedersehensfreude in the accusative and dative

Singular, with the definite article

Nominativsubject: who? what?	die Wiedersehensfreude
Akkusativdirect object: whom? what?	die Wiedersehensfreude
Dativindirect object: to whom?	der Wiedersehensfreude