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