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