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