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