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