Short answer: Abfluss takes the article der (der Abfluss). It’s a masculine noun (German: maskulin) and means “drain” in English.
Abfluss: word facts
- Article
- der
- Gender
- maskulin (masculine)
- English
- Drain
- Topic
- Home and daily life
- Yupo level
- Beginner
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Why does Abfluss take der?
No suffix rule covers Abfluss, so learn it together with its article. In Yupo, der words are blue. Picture Abfluss as something blue.
See the article rules →Abfluss in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | der Abfluss |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | den Abfluss |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | dem Abfluss |
