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