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