Short answer: Bär takes the article der (der Bär). It’s a masculine noun (German: maskulin) and means “bear” in English.
Bär: word facts
- Article
- der
- Gender
- maskulin (masculine)
- English
- Bear
- Topic
- Nature and the outdoors
- Yupo level
- Beginner
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Why does Bär take der?
No suffix rule covers Bär, so learn it together with its article. In Yupo, der words are blue. Picture Bär as something blue.
See the article rules →Remember it by color
In Yupo, der words are blue. Picture Bär as something blue.
Always say and write the word with its article: not “Bär” but “der Bär”.

