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