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