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