Short answer: Bürge takes the article der (der Bürge). It’s a masculine noun (German: maskulin) and means “surety” in English.
Bürge: word facts
- Article
- der
- Gender
- maskulin (masculine)
- English
- Surety
- Topic
- Shopping and money
- Yupo level
- Advanced
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Why does Bürge take der?
Exception: most nouns ending in -e take die, but Bürge takes der. Learn it together with its article.
See the article rules →Remember it by color
In Yupo, der words are blue. Picture Bürge as something blue.
Always say and write the word with its article: not “Bürge” but “der Bürge”.
