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Brustkorb: der, die or das?

derBrustkorb

Chest

maskulin · masculineBody and healthLevel: Advanced

Short answer: Brustkorb takes the article der (der Brustkorb). It’s a masculine noun (German: maskulin) and means “chest” in English.

Brustkorb: word facts

Article
der
Gender
maskulin (masculine)
English
Chest
Topic
Body and health
Yupo level
Advanced

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Why does Brustkorb take der?

No suffix rule covers Brustkorb, so learn it together with its article. In Yupo, der words are blue. Picture Brustkorb as something blue.

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Brustkorb in the accusative and dative

Singular, with the definite article

Nominativsubject: who? what?der Brustkorb
Akkusativdirect object: whom? what?den Brustkorb
Dativindirect object: to whom?dem Brustkorb

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