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