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