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