Short answer: Affe takes the article der (der Affe). It’s a masculine noun (German: maskulin) and means “monkey” in English.
Affe: word facts
- Article
- der
- Gender
- maskulin (masculine)
- English
- Monkey
- Topic
- Nature and the outdoors
- Yupo level
- Intermediate
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Why does Affe take der?
Exception: most nouns ending in -e take die, but Affe takes der. Learn it together with its article.
See the article rules →Remember it by color
In Yupo, der words are blue. Picture Affe as something blue.
Always say and write the word with its article: not “Affe” but “der Affe”.
