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