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