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