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