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