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