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