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