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