Short answer: Akrobat takes the article der (der Akrobat). It’s a masculine noun (German: maskulin) and means “acrobat” in English.
Akrobat: word facts
- Article
- der
- Gender
- maskulin (masculine)
- English
- Acrobat
- Topic
- Culture and arts
- Yupo level
- Intermediate
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Why does Akrobat take der?
No suffix rule covers Akrobat, so learn it together with its article. In Yupo, der words are blue. Picture Akrobat as something blue.
See the article rules →Remember it by color
In Yupo, der words are blue. Picture Akrobat as something blue.
Always say and write the word with its article: not “Akrobat” but “der Akrobat”.
