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