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