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