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