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