Short answer: Dachs takes the article der (der Dachs). It’s a masculine noun (German: maskulin) and means “badger” in English.
Dachs: word facts
- Article
- der
- Gender
- maskulin (masculine)
- English
- Badger
- Topic
- Nature and the outdoors
- Yupo level
- Beginner
Check a dictionary
You can also check the article in independent German dictionaries:
Last updated: · Method
Why does Dachs take der?
No suffix rule covers Dachs, so learn it together with its article. In Yupo, der words are blue. Picture Dachs as something blue.
See the article rules →Dachs in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | der Dachs |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | den Dachs |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | dem Dachs |
