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