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