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