Short answer: Cent takes the article der (der Cent). It’s a masculine noun (German: maskulin) and means “cent” in English.
Cent: word facts
- Article
- der
- Gender
- maskulin (masculine)
- English
- Cent
- Topic
- Shopping and money
- Yupo level
- Beginner
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Why does Cent take der?
No suffix rule covers Cent, so learn it together with its article. In Yupo, der words are blue. Picture Cent as something blue.
See the article rules →Remember it by color
In Yupo, der words are blue. Picture Cent as something blue.
Always say and write the word with its article: not “Cent” but “der Cent”.
